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)
- (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)