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Adirondack chair
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English
Etymology
After the Adirondacks, a mountain chain in New York State.
Noun
en North America A kind of outdoor lounge chair made of wood, with wide arm rests. from 20th c.
en 1993 Penguin 1994 w:TC Boyle The Road to Wellville 104 Nurse Graves […] wheeled him out onto the veranda, where he was lifted into an Adirondack chair and positioned so that he was facing the sun—or, rather, the spot in the firmament the sun might have occupied if it hadn't gone south for the winter.
Synonyms
kind of chair en Cape Cod chair, en Laurentian chair, en Muskoka chair
en Chairs