Definition of Deck chair

1. Noun. A folding chair for use outdoors; a wooden frame supports a length of canvas.

Exact synonyms: Beach Chair
Generic synonyms: Folding Chair

Definition of Deck chair

1. Noun. A folding chair in which a wooden frame supports a length of canvas; traditionally used on the beach or onboard a liner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deck Chair

decitabine
decitizenize
decitizenized
decitizenizes
decitizenizing
decivilise
decivilised
decivilises
decivilising
decivilize
decivilized
decivilizes
decivilizing
deck
deck-house
deck chair
deck chairs
deck grip
deck of cards
deck out
deck roof
deck shoe
deck shoes
deck tennis
deck up
deckchair
deckchairs
decked
decked(p)
decked out

Literary usage of Deck chair

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Red Triangle Girl in France (1918)
"I have a nice place for my deck chair beside hers. The ship is very pretty and Frenchy. Most of the passengers are chattering French. ..."

2. Putnam's Monthly (1907)
"In the first place, I wanted to get settled in my deck chair, in that regulation bent-mummy position so often pictured in summer novels, ..."

3. London of To-day: An Illustrated Handbook for the Season 1892 by Charles Eyre Pascoe (1892)
"You should purchase a Deck-chair— don't forget that : rugs, wraps, ... The deck-chair's sprawling limbs may be restrained by rope-yarn. ..."

4. Putnam's Magazine (1907)
"In the first place, I wanted to get settled in my deck chair, in that regulation bent-mummy position so often pictured in summer novels, ..."

5. Putnam's Magazine (1907)
"In the first place, I wanted to get settled in my deck chair, in that regulation ... I went to my deck chair and prepared to camp out for the morning. ..."

6. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1913)
"Once, sitting in his deck chair, he glanced up to find her looking at him with an absent, half-effaced .-mil.: on her lips almost ineffable sadness that ..."

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