sedan chair

• Asiento o silla cerrada con una cubierta, sostenida por dos varas o barras horizontales y transportada por dos o más porteadores; se utilizaba principalmente en los siglos XVII y XVIII como medio de transporte para personas, antes de la generalización de los vehículos modernos.

A historical mode of transport consisting of an enclosed chair carried on poles by two or more bearers, used primarily in the 17th and 18th centuries before the advent of modern vehicles.

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   A covered chair carried on poles by two or more people, used in the 17th and 18th centuries as a form of transportation.

   Silla de manos

   • The wealthy lady was transported through the city in a sedan chair.
   • Sedan chairs were a common sight in 18th-century London.
   • The museum displayed an ornate sedan chair from the 1700s.