garden seatn.
/ˈɡɑːdn siːt/, U.S. /ˈɡɑrdən ˌsit/ 1. A seat, typically a wooden or metal bench, for use in a garden. Cf. garden bench n. at garden n. Compounds 1b.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > [noun] > in garden
garden seat1721
1721 True Inventory Sir R. Chaplin (South-Sea Company) 8 Two Tables, two Forms, one Chair, and a Garden-seat.
1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxviii. 418 A garden-seat which happened..to be near at hand.
1879 F. W. Robinson Coward Conscience i. vii. 83 There was a garden seat of light iron-work upon the lawn.
1956 ‘I. English’ Every Eye 121 We were sitting back in an arbour of tamarisk on a low semi-circular garden seat.
1987 Harrowsmith Nov. 105/1 (advt.) Timbered entrances, gates, gazebos and garden seats available.
2011 Central Coast Express (Austral.) (Nexis) 15 July (Features section) 8 It has a low-maintenance yard, with a small grassed area, a wooden garden seat and a rear balcony with pleasant views.
2. Any of a number of bench seats, typically made of wooden slats, arranged in rows across the width of an omnibus, tram, etc., esp. those on an open top deck. Now historical.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > parts and equipment of vehicles generally > [noun] > seat > of specific type or position
driver's seata1726
side seat1742
driving seat1788
back seata1832
aisle seat1838
car seat1850
reclining seat1857
window seat1862
passenger seat1867
seat-board1873
garden seat1884
bucket-seat1908
shotgun1940
Sleeperette1950
sleeper seat1960
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > omnibus > types of seat in
knife-board1852
banquette1859
garden seat1884
fauteuil1931
1884 Hub Oct. 482/2 As in the former vehicles, the outside passengers have garden seats running across the roof.
1898 Railway Signal Mar. 42/2 The third-class coaches have open garden seats.
1909 Power Wagon Dec. 18/1 When cross or ‘garden’ seats are fitted either inside or on the roof, there must be at least 26 in. clear from the inside back of one to the back of the seat in front.
1974 T. Taylor Teetoncey xvi. 125 London..had omnibusses (with garden seats on the roof) drawn by three horses.
2003 J. Flanders Victorian House (2004) xi. 363 In the 1880s the knife-board was replaced altogether by ‘garden seats,’ the two-abreast seating that remains in use on most public transport.
Derivatives
ˈgarden-seated adj. now historical and rare (of a vehicle) having garden seats (see sense 2).
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1888 19th Cent. Feb. 240 The box seat of an omnibus or the garden-seated top of a road-car.
1919 Times 22 Sept. 20/3 12 pair horse garden-seated pleasure brakes.
1970 P. M. Kalla-Bishop Mediterranean Island Railways x. 164 There were some open-sided and garden-seated workmen's coaches which were attached to certain trains.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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