Sedan chair

//səˈdæn ˌtʃɛər// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An open or enclosed chair raised on poles and carried by people or animals, used as a mode of transport. historical

    "In Rio de Janeiro the gentry keep their chaises, which are drawn by mules; the ladies however use a sedan chair, boarded before and behind, with curtains on each side, which is carried by two negroes on a pole connected with the top of the chair, by two rods, coming from under its bottom, one on each side, and resting to the top."

  2. 2
    a closed litter for one passenger wordnet
  3. 3
    An equivalent mode of transport created by two people grasping each other's forearms, making a seat for the rider.

    "Another way of carrying a patient is upon what is known among school-boys as a ‘sedan-chair’, each bearer grasping his own fore-arm and that of his fellow about its middle... and the patient grasping the bearers' necks."

Etymology

Clarifying the intended meaning or sense of sedan.

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