Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
sedan chair
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Goat-mask turned expectantly to the sedan chair, and stretched out a hand.
▪ Our Balinese guide pointed to the decorated litter, a kind of oversized sedan chair, parked on the pavement.
▪ The sedan chair was set down in a space of its own, and the curtains drawn aside.
▪ The worshippers dragged Ace before the sedan chair, throwing her to the ground.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
sedan chair
Sedan \Se*dan"\, n. [Said to be named from Sedan, in France, where it was first made, and whence it was introduced into England in the time of King Charles I.] A portable chair or covered vehicle for carrying a single person, -- usually borne on poles by two men. Called also sedan chair.
Wiktionary
sedan chair
n. A small litter or palanquin, seating a single person, often borne on two poles and carried by two people.
WordNet
sedan chair
n. a closed litter for one passenger [syn: sedan]