sedan-chair
11sedan chair — noun A small litter or palanquin, seating a single person, often borne on two poles and carried by two people …
12sedan chair — n. litter, portable closed passenger vehicle for one person suspended between poles and carried by men (was common during the 17th and 18th centuries) …
13sedan chair — noun (C) a seat on two poles with a cover around it on which an important person was carried in former times …
14sedan chair — Manele …
15sedan — (n.) 1630s, covered chair on poles, possibly from a southern Italian dialect derivative of It. sede chair (Cf. It. seggietta, 1590s; the thing itself was said to have been introduced from Naples), from L. sedes, related to sedere sit (see… …
16Sedan — may refer to: Vehicles * Sedan (car), a car/automobile with a specific body structure * Sedan chair, English name for litter (vehicle), a human powered, wheelless device for transport of persons * Aeronca Sedan, a light aircraft Places ;France *… …
17Sedan — Se*dan , n. [Said to be named from Sedan, in France, where it was first made, and whence it was introduced into England in the time of King Charles I.] A portable chair or covered vehicle for carrying a single person, usually borne on poles by… …
18chair — [cher] n. [ME & OFr chaire < L cathedra: see CATHEDRA] 1. a piece of furniture for one person to sit on, having a back and, usually, four legs 2. a seat of authority or dignity 3. the position of a player in an instrumental section of a… …
19sedan — [si dan′] n. [? coined (1634) by Sir S. Duncombe, Eng holder of the patent, prob. < It sedente, sitting < sedere, to sit < L: see SIT] 1. SEDAN CHAIR ☆ 2. an automobile with two or four doors, a permanent rigid top, and a full sized rear …
20chair — Synonyms and related words: Eames chair, Hitchcock chair, TV chair, administer, administrate, anoint, armchair, armless chair, authority, ax, back seat, banquette, bar stool, barber chair, barrel chair, basket chair, batwing chair, be master, bed …
