basket chair

noun

1. a wicker chair the arms of which are a forward continuation of the back.

basket chair

noun

1. a chair made of wickerwork; a wicker chair

Word History and Origins

Origin of basket chair¹

First recorded in 1625–35

Example Sentences

And this time Mrs. Armine noticed that the basket chair did not creak beneath his movement.

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The dwarfs leaped into the air and in a bound seized and cut the branches, out of which they deftly wove a basket chair.

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The sun shone hot on the rippling grass, but it was cool on the shady veranda where Helen sat in a basket chair.

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Then she drove home, and getting back at dusk, sat down opposite Charnock, who lounged in a basket chair with a pipe in his mouth.

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The colonel had drawn forward a basket chair, and was leaning back in it with crossed legs, and one foot swinging.

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