Bath chair

See also: bathchair

English

Alternative forms

• bathchair, bath chair

Etymology

Named from Bath, the home of its inventor, James Heath.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɑːθ t͡ʃɛə/

Noun

Bath chair (plural Bath chairs)

1. (historical) An early form of wheelchair with three wheels, used to transport ladies or invalids, common in Victorian England.
   • 1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez, Norton, published 2005, page 1096:

     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.