sedan chair

• Chaise à porteurs, véhicule d'autrefois consistant en une sorte de petite cabine fermée munie d'un siège, portée par deux ou plusieurs porteurs au moyen de brancards, utilisée surtout aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles avant l'apparition des transports modernes.

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.

   chaise à porteurs

   • 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.