sedan chair
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sedan chair
- /səˈdæn ˌtʃɛər/ US
- /səˈdæn ˌtʃɛr/ US
- /sɪˈdan tʃɛː/ UK
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Clarifying the intended meaning or sense of sedan.
noun sedan chairs · sedan-chair
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An open or enclosed chair raised on poles and carried by people or animals, used as a mode of transport.
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 eac
Similar: litter
- 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.
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noun portable chair used as a mode of transport — see also litter, palanquin
| 中文 | 轎 /轿 jiào |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | पालकी pālkī |
| Português | liteira, cadeirinha |
| Français | chaise à porteurs, filanzane |
| Italiano | portantina, bussola, seggetta |
| Русский | портше́з portšéz |
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