wheelchairn.

Brit.

/ˈwiːltʃɛː/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)wilˌtʃɛ(ə)r/

Forms: Also wheel-chair, wheel chair.

Etymology: < wheel n. + chair n.¹

A chair fitted with wheels for use as a means of transport by a person who is unable to walk as a result of illness, injury, or disability; also = Bath-chair n. at Bath n.² Compounds 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle pushed or pulled by person > [noun] > wheelchair

wheelchaira1684

garden chair1729

Merlin chair1791

Bath-chair1823

wheeled chair1847

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1662 (1955) III. 310 My Lord Aubignie..shewed us..his wheele-chaire for Ease & motion.

1817 J. Austen Let. 28–29 May (1995) 343 I..am to..be promoted to a wheel-chair as the weather serves.

1841 W. M. Thackeray Second Funeral Napoleon iii. 77 A servant passes, pushing..a shabby wheel-chair.

1890 Harper's Mag. Mar. 613/1 Mrs. Aydler flitted backward and forward in her wheel chair.

1904 R. E. Lee Recoll. & Lett. Gen. R. E. Lee 196 When put in her wheel~chair, she could propel herself on a level floor.

1958 Times 15 Sept. 11/1 I was in no condition to register the details of arriving in the hospital ward in a wheelchair.

1977 Whitaker's Almanack 584/2 Britain banned a team of 5 White and 5 Black young Rhodesians confined to wheelchairs from coming to the U.K. to participate in games for the disabled at Stoke Mandeville, Bucks.

1981 Sunday Times 14 June 86 A lot of people seem slightly on edge at meeting me in a wheelchair but my main aim is to dispel this straight away.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

wheelchair patient n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > sick person > [noun] > needing conveyance

stretcher case1917

litter case1944

wheelchair patient1970

wheelie1977

wheelchair wounded1982

1970 Stoke Mandeville Dict. Managem. Paraplegic Patients 4 Occasionally indicated on the stiff hip or knee of wheelchair-patients.

wheelchair wounded n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > sick person > [noun] > needing conveyance

stretcher case1917

litter case1944

wheelchair patient1970

wheelie1977

wheelchair wounded1982

1982 Daily Tel. 5 Oct. 15/1 He would not change his mind about excluding ‘wheelchair wounded’ from the Falklands victory parade.

C2.

wheelchair-bound adj.

ΚΠ

1981 Daily Mail 17 June 38/5 I am fortunate enough not to be wheelchair-bound.

wheelchair-ridden adj.

ΚΠ

1968 T. Stoppard Real Inspector Hound 16 Magnus, the wheelchair-ridden half-brother to her ladyship's husband Lord Albert Muldoon.

C3. With reference to sporting events for those confined to wheelchairs.

wheelchair athlete n.

ΚΠ

1972 R. C. Adams et al. Games, Sports & Exercises (ed. 2) iii. 10/2 1960..marked the first time the wheelchair games were held along with the Olympic Games... Wheelchair athletes from all over the globe were greeted by the Pope.

wheelchair games n.

ΚΠ

wheelchair Olympics n.

ΚΠ

1972 Evening Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) 5 Aug. 18/1 The Wheelchair Olympics..were started after the Second World War for crippled war veterans. They have since become games for athletes with spinal cord injuries or those who have been paralysed by polio.

wheelchair slalom n.

ΚΠ

1964 Times 12 Nov. 11/3 Carol Bryant..won a gold medal in the wheelchair slalom.

Derivatives

ˈwheelchaired adj. conveyed in or using a wheelchair.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > restrained by ill health

bedridc1000

bedridden1340

bedlarc1440

bedrel1513

bed-sickc1550

clinica1631

bedfasta1639

non-surrective1668

decumbent1689

invalided1837

laid1868

to lay aside1879

wheelchaired1938

on the sick1976

1938 Amer. Speech 13 196 Wheel-chaired.

1973 Times 11 Apr. 8/6 A mini-bus is used in one of our split~site comprehensives to carry wheelchaired pupils from building to building.

1977 New Scientist 3 Mar. 499/1 Another council decision..caused the AAAS's wheel~chaired delegates to wheel themselves out of the room in disgust.

Draft additions June 2016

wheelchair user n.

ΚΠ

1948 Portland (Maine) Press Herald 11 July d4/5 Right now Bennett is studying house plans arranged for the convenience of wheelchair users.

2009 Metro 10 Feb. (London ed.) 32/4 All trams are free for wheelchair users with or without a Freedom Pass.

wheelchair-using adj.

ΚΠ

1945 Spastic Rev. Sept. 17/2 I have met many people who..made me feel quite fortunate to be what I am, a wheelchair-using C.P. [i.e. person with cerebral palsy].

2014 Columbian (Vancouver, Washington) (Nexis) 10 Sept. d1 Wheelchair-using players have difficulty navigating through the dirt and grass, especially when..the field turns to mud.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

b. With various substantives or adjectives indicating the nature, material, purpose, etc., as bed-chair, bedroom chair, camp chair, cane chair, compass chair, folding chair, garden chair, hall chair, kitchen chair, leather chair, library chair, lobby chair, obstetrical chair, office chair, rocking chair, swinging chair, Turkey chair, wheelchair. Also armchair n., Bath-chair n. at Bath n.² Compounds 3, curule chair n. at curule adj. 1, easy chair n., elbow-chair n., great chair n. at great adj., n., adv., and int. Compounds 1e.

ΚΠ

1574 J. Baret Aluearie C 286 A compasse chayre, halfe a circle. Hemicyclus.

1711 R. Steele Spectator 52 ⁋3 An easy chair..at the upper End of the Table.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 72. ¶4 The great Elbow-chair which stands at the upper End of the Table.

1737 J. Ozell tr. F. Rabelais Wks. V. 220 Easy Leather-Chairs made..with..Springs.

1790 J. C. Smyth in Med. Communications 2 477 I..found him..sitting in a great chair.

1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 539 Having requested the indulgence of an easy chair at the sittings of the French Academy..the King, instead of one easy chair, sent forty to the Academy.

1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. iv. i. 12 He sat in the swinging chair.

1841 W. M. Thackeray Second Funeral Napoleon iii A servant passes, pushing through the crowd a shabby wheel-chair.

单词	wheelchair
释义	wheelchairn. Brit. /ˈwiːltʃɛː/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wilˌtʃɛ(ə)r/ Forms: Also wheel-chair, wheel chair. Etymology: < wheel n. + chair n.¹ A chair fitted with wheels for use as a means of transport by a person who is unable to walk as a result of illness, injury, or disability; also = Bath-chair n. at Bath n.² Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle pushed or pulled by person > [noun] > wheelchair wheelchaira1684 garden chair1729 Merlin chair1791 Bath-chair1823 wheeled chair1847 a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1662 (1955) III. 310 My Lord Aubignie..shewed us..his wheele-chaire for Ease & motion. 1817 J. Austen Let. 28–29 May (1995) 343 I..am to..be promoted to a wheel-chair as the weather serves. 1841 W. M. Thackeray Second Funeral Napoleon iii. 77 A servant passes, pushing..a shabby wheel-chair. 1890 Harper's Mag. Mar. 613/1 Mrs. Aydler flitted backward and forward in her wheel chair. 1904 R. E. Lee Recoll. & Lett. Gen. R. E. Lee 196 When put in her wheel~chair, she could propel herself on a level floor. 1958 Times 15 Sept. 11/1 I was in no condition to register the details of arriving in the hospital ward in a wheelchair. 1977 Whitaker's Almanack 584/2 Britain banned a team of 5 White and 5 Black young Rhodesians confined to wheelchairs from coming to the U.K. to participate in games for the disabled at Stoke Mandeville, Bucks. 1981 Sunday Times 14 June 86 A lot of people seem slightly on edge at meeting me in a wheelchair but my main aim is to dispel this straight away. Compounds C1. General attributive. wheelchair patient n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > sick person > [noun] > needing conveyance stretcher case1917 litter case1944 wheelchair patient1970 wheelie1977 wheelchair wounded1982 1970 Stoke Mandeville Dict. Managem. Paraplegic Patients 4 Occasionally indicated on the stiff hip or knee of wheelchair-patients. wheelchair wounded n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > sick person > [noun] > needing conveyance stretcher case1917 litter case1944 wheelchair patient1970 wheelie1977 wheelchair wounded1982 1982 Daily Tel. 5 Oct. 15/1 He would not change his mind about excluding ‘wheelchair wounded’ from the Falklands victory parade. C2. wheelchair-bound adj. ΚΠ 1981 Daily Mail 17 June 38/5 I am fortunate enough not to be wheelchair-bound. wheelchair-ridden adj. ΚΠ 1968 T. Stoppard Real Inspector Hound 16 Magnus, the wheelchair-ridden half-brother to her ladyship's husband Lord Albert Muldoon. C3. With reference to sporting events for those confined to wheelchairs. wheelchair athlete n. ΚΠ 1972 R. C. Adams et al. Games, Sports & Exercises (ed. 2) iii. 10/2 1960..marked the first time the wheelchair games were held along with the Olympic Games... Wheelchair athletes from all over the globe were greeted by the Pope. wheelchair games n. ΚΠ 1972 R. C. Adams et al. Games, Sports & Exercises (ed. 2) iii. 10/2 1960..marked the first time the wheelchair games were held along with the Olympic Games... Wheelchair athletes from all over the globe were greeted by the Pope. wheelchair Olympics n. ΚΠ 1972 Evening Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) 5 Aug. 18/1 The Wheelchair Olympics..were started after the Second World War for crippled war veterans. They have since become games for athletes with spinal cord injuries or those who have been paralysed by polio. wheelchair slalom n. ΚΠ 1964 Times 12 Nov. 11/3 Carol Bryant..won a gold medal in the wheelchair slalom. Derivatives ˈwheelchaired adj. conveyed in or using a wheelchair. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > restrained by ill health bedridc1000 bedridden1340 bedlarc1440 bedrel1513 bed-sickc1550 clinica1631 bedfasta1639 non-surrective1668 decumbent1689 invalided1837 laid1868 to lay aside1879 wheelchaired1938 on the sick1976 1938 Amer. Speech 13 196 Wheel-chaired. 1973 Times 11 Apr. 8/6 A mini-bus is used in one of our split~site comprehensives to carry wheelchaired pupils from building to building. 1977 New Scientist 3 Mar. 499/1 Another council decision..caused the AAAS's wheel~chaired delegates to wheel themselves out of the room in disgust. Draft additions June 2016 wheelchair user n. ΚΠ 1948 Portland (Maine) Press Herald 11 July d4/5 Right now Bennett is studying house plans arranged for the convenience of wheelchair users. 2009 Metro 10 Feb. (London ed.) 32/4 All trams are free for wheelchair users with or without a Freedom Pass. wheelchair-using adj. ΚΠ 1945 Spastic Rev. Sept. 17/2 I have met many people who..made me feel quite fortunate to be what I am, a wheelchair-using C.P. [i.e. person with cerebral palsy]. 2014 Columbian (Vancouver, Washington) (Nexis) 10 Sept. d1 Wheelchair-using players have difficulty navigating through the dirt and grass, especially when..the field turns to mud. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmas wheelchair b. With various substantives or adjectives indicating the nature, material, purpose, etc., as bed-chair, bedroom chair, camp chair, cane chair, compass chair, folding chair, garden chair, hall chair, kitchen chair, leather chair, library chair, lobby chair, obstetrical chair, office chair, rocking chair, swinging chair, Turkey chair, wheelchair. Also armchair n., Bath-chair n. at Bath n.² Compounds 3, curule chair n. at curule adj. 1, easy chair n., elbow-chair n., great chair n. at great adj., n., adv., and int. Compounds 1e. ΚΠ 1574 J. Baret Aluearie C 286 A compasse chayre, halfe a circle. Hemicyclus. 1711 R. Steele Spectator 52 ⁋3 An easy chair..at the upper End of the Table. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 72. ¶4 The great Elbow-chair which stands at the upper End of the Table. 1737 J. Ozell tr. F. Rabelais Wks. V. 220 Easy Leather-Chairs made..with..Springs. 1790 J. C. Smyth in Med. Communications 2 477 I..found him..sitting in a great chair. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 539 Having requested the indulgence of an easy chair at the sittings of the French Academy..the King, instead of one easy chair, sent forty to the Academy. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. iv. i. 12 He sat in the swinging chair. 1841 W. M. Thackeray Second Funeral Napoleon iii A servant passes, pushing through the crowd a shabby wheel-chair. extracted from chairn.¹ < n.a1684 as lemmas
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wheelchairn.

Compounds

Derivatives

Draft additions June 2016

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