queen's cushionn.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Queen's, also King's, cushion, a mode of carriage, whether in sport, or from necessity... Two persons, each of whom grasps his right wrist with his left hand, with the other lays hold of his neighbour's wrist, so as to form a seat of four hands and wrists conjoined. On these the person, who is to be carried, seats himself, or is seated by others, putting both his arms, for greater security, round the necks of the bearers.

1873 C. M. Yonge Pillars of House IV. xl. 161 The hands were clasped, queen's-cushion fashion, beneath her, the necks were bent for the arms to be thrown round them.

1894 A. B. Gomme Trad. Games I. 305 King's Chair. Two children join hands, by crossing their arms, so as to form a seat. A third mounts on the crossed arms, and clasps the carriers round their necks... Jamieson says..this method of carrying is often used as a substitute for a chair in conveying adult persons from one place to another, especially when infirm. In other counties it is called ‘Queen's Cushion’ and ‘Queen's Chair’, also ‘Cat's Carriage’.

1905 A. R. H. Moncrieff Schoolboy Abroad 54 Two of his strongest comrades had to carry him on their arms linked together as a ‘queen's cushion’.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. 253/1 Queen's cushion, the plant called Cropstone, Teviotd[ale].

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 948/1 Queen's-cushion, a provincial name for Saxifraga hypnoides.

1903 Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 674/2 Queen's cushion, the mossy saxifrage, Saxifraga hypnoides. W. Dur.

1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 187 In Durham, queen's cushion; in Yorkshire, Eve's cushion.