fighting chair

noun

1. a chair fastened to the deck at the stern of a seagoing fishing boat for use by an angler in landing a large fish.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fighting chair¹

An Americanism dating back to 1945–50

Example Sentences

The team competed without a fighting chair, a stern-end staple for elite participants who maximize the leverage and support the chair provides.

From Los Angeles Times

Tag-a-Giant had been fishing for a couple days, and many people had sat in the fighting chair I now occupied, reeling in tuna after tuna.

From New York Times

Sitting in the huge fighting chair with the huge rod and reel, in the well of the huge sportfishing vessel, it was inescapably apparent who had the edge.

From New York Times