rocking chair

a chair mounted on rockers or springs so as to permit a person to rock back and forth while sitting.

Also called rocker.

Origin of rocking chair

An Americanism dating back to 1750–60

She smelled him of drink, felt the unequal pull of his swaying grasp on the back of her rocking-chair.

Sons and Lovers |David Herbert Lawrence
Mrs. Costello had her work-table placed at the end nearest the river, and her rocking-chair beside it.

A Canadian Heroine, Volume 1 |Mrs. Harry Coghill
In her rocking-chair she sat, when not otherwise engaged—singing and dreaming.

Sister Carrie |Theodore Dreiser
Mrs. Fosdick leaned back in her rocking-chair and gave a heavy sigh.

The Country of the Pointed Firs |Sarah Orne Jewett

When life passes into the rocking-chair existence, it has no energies for combat.

Oklahoma Sunshine |Freeman E. (Freeman Edwin) Miller

rocking chair

a chair set on curving supports so that the sitter may rock backwards and forwards