Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An adjustable frame designed to enable invalids to sit up in bed. Also called
chair-bed .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A chair with adjustable back, for the sick, to support them while sitting up in bed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
chair withadjustable back to enable aninvalid to sit up in bed.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
bed + chair
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Examples
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In Agelmar's private garden, under a thick bower dotted with white blossoms, Moiraine shifted on her bedchair.
The Eye of the World Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1990
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