captain's chair

noun

: an armchair with a saddle seat and a low curved back with vertical spindles

Illustration of captain's chair

Example Sentences

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View Photos As in all mid-size SUVs, the Highlander's second-row captain's chairs are plenty roomy for adults, and buyers alternately can also choose a middle-row bench seat in four of the six trim levels. —Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 24 Mar. 2023

Another big change is in the captain's chair. —John Blake, CNN, 1 May 2022

By the time Jean-Luc Picard took the captain's chair, poverty in the 24^th century had been eliminated, as was crime. —Kyle Hill, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2013

Martin-Green joined the panel virtually from the show's captain's chair, while cast members Anthony Rapp and Wilson Cruz joined executive producers Michelle Paradise, Kurtzman, and Roddenberry in person. —Nick Romano, EW.com, 8 Oct. 2022

Anyways, the captain's chair is used for knee-raising ab exercises like in the image shown here. —Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2012

After Martin-Green's Michael Burnham was promoted to captain in the season 3 finale, season 4 of the Paramount+ series will see her taking charge as the first Black woman to occupy the captain's chair in a live-action Star Trek show. —Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2021

When Toyota launched the fourth-generation 2021 Sienna this week, the automaker unveiled its newest weapon: second-row captain's chairs with 25 inches of sliding space and built-in leg rests. —Annie White, Car and Driver, 24 May 2020

Comfort in the second-row captain's chairs is about even in these two models, and both offer chairs with a wide range of adjustability including seatback recline and slide. —Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 31 Mar. 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined above