folding chair

noun

1. a chair that can be collapsed flat for easy storage or transport.

Word History and Origins

Origin of folding chair¹

First recorded in 1670–80

Example Sentences

You can also rent folding chairs, linens, place settings, and stemware.

From Washington Blade

That means I teach from an uncomfortable folding chair in the bedroom, hunched over a bedside table.

From Washington Post

Anything can become a meme, whether it’s screenshots of a laughing seagull, a stock photo model with a particularly pained look in his eyes, or a US senator sitting in a folding chair.

From Popular-Science

However, once a second shot of the bundled up senator perched cross-legged on his socially distanced folding chair made its way online, the Democratic presidential primary candidate officially became the viral star of the day.

From Time

Joyce Nelson, 60, a South Philly resident, came prepared with a folding chair, although the lines weren’t too long.

From Ozy

“We got here hours ago,” says a man with a foot brace who's given up his spot in the amorphous line to sit on a folding chair.

From The Daily Beast

One man clobbered alleged gunman Jared Loughner on the back of the head with a folding chair.

From The Daily Beast

But Mutombo is a magnet, and people continued to stop by as he flopped into a folding chair.

From The Daily Beast

In my role of "interesting invalid," I was carried to it, sitting in my folding chair, which never left me in all my travels.

From Project Gutenberg

Instantly the girls began a loud hurrah, but the folding chair suddenly shut up, with Julie frantically trying to balance herself.

From Project Gutenberg

"It was sheer luck, though," said von Hofe as he filled his pipe and settled back in his folding chair.

From Project Gutenberg

Sir S. gave his place at the table and his folding-chair to Mrs. West, and finished his luncheon, standing up, with Mr. Norman.

From Project Gutenberg

He placed her in the porter's folding chair, and when he held the cup to her mouth saw that her teeth chattered.

From Project Gutenberg