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单词 Bath chair
释义

Bath chair

See also: bathchair

English

Alternative forms

  • bathchair

Etymology

Named from Bath, the home of its inventor, James Heath.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɑːθ t͡ʃɛə/

Noun

Bath chair (plural Bath chairs)

  1. (historical) An early form of wheelchair with three wheels, used to transport ladies or invalids, common in Victorian England.
    • 1904: He was an invalid, keeping his bed half the time, and the other half hobbling round the house with a stick or being pushed about the grounds by the gardener in a Bath chair. — Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez’ (Norton 2005, p.1096)
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