BOATSWAIN'S CHAIR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does boatswain's chair mean? 

• BOATSWAIN'S CHAIR (noun)
  The noun BOATSWAIN'S CHAIR has 1 sense:

1. a seat consisting of a board and a rope; used while working aloft or over the side of a ship

  Familiarity information: BOATSWAIN'S CHAIR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOATSWAIN'S CHAIR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A seat consisting of a board and a rope; used while working aloft or over the side of a ship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

boatswain's chair; bosun's chair

Hypernyms ("boatswain's chair" is a kind of...):

seat (any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit))