rocking chair

noun

: a chair mounted on rockers

Examples of rocking chair in a Sentence

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The Edward Wormley rocking chair in the window is upholstered in Madeaux’s Bargello 01, and the cotton-and-jute area rug is by Patterson Flynn Martin. Katherine Burns Olson, Architectural Digest, 24 Jan. 2025 Chad Brown, a member of the 2007 Patriots, remembers once, as Belichick waxed poetic while narrating Giants highlights, Vrabel leaned back in one of those rocking chairs. Chad Graff, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025 Or, for a simple pleasure, snag one of two rocking chairs on the side porch of the Hall of Presidents. Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2025 From the hand-sewn quilts draped across the beds to the rocking chairs in every suite, the Inn on the northeast coast of Newfoundland is filled with the creative endeavors of local craftspeople. Maryam Siddiqi, AFAR Media, 14 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for rocking chair 

Word History

First Known Use

1766, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rocking chair was in 1766

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“Rocking chair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rocking%20chair. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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rocking chair

noun
: a chair mounted on rockers

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