sedan chair

noun

1. an enclosed vehicle for one person, borne on poles by two bearers and common during the 17th and 18th centuries.

sedan chair

noun

1. a closed chair for one passenger, carried on poles by two bearers. It was commonly used in the 17th and 18th centuries Sometimes shortened tosedan

Word History and Origins

Origin of sedan chair¹

First recorded in 1740–50

Example Sentences

The galleries were massively on the Northern Irishman's side - they'd carry him on a sedan chair down every fairway if they could - but Hovland was popular out there, too.

From BBC

“I didn’t feel a thing as the car floated over every bump. It was a sedan chair on wheels. It was good to be Le Roi.”

From Washington Post

Alloa-born artist David Allan created drawings of ordinary people going about their daily lives in Edinburgh, including soldiers, coalmen, fishwives, sedan chair porters, firemen and officers of the city guard.

From BBC

The Peak Tram started operations in 1888, when Hong Kong was a British colony, to transport people up Victoria Peak instead of using sedan chairs.

From Seattle Times

They sat in a sedan chair carried up the mountain by their Chinese partners.

From The Guardian