pool chair

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From pool +‎ chair.

Noun[edit]

pool chair (plural pool chairs)

  1. (informal) A sunlounger.
    • 1988 February 29, Todd. R Simmon, “Chair for use in swimming pools”, in United States Patent and Trademark Office, editor, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: Patents[1], volume 1103, number 2, United States Department of Commerce, General and Mechanics, page 752:
      ... affixed to the two side bars of the seat as an extension thereof and said side contact means contacting the side of the swimming pool to hold the seat of the pool chair away from the side of the pool.
    • 2009 August 31, Yvette T. Sexton, Rescue Me, Xlibris US, →ISBN, page 119:
      Tegra stood drying off her arm while looking for Jenine in the crowded pool area. She gave up and positioned herself on the reclining pool chair.
    • 2023 August 22, Constantina Demos, “No, it’s not okay to claim a pool chair with your towel at a hotel”, in Delicious[2]:
      But if you plan on leaving the pool area for more than 30 minutes, we think it's within the rights of other hotel guests to gently remove your towel from the pool chair and claim it as their own.