campstool

3.9

A small light seat that folds for camping

noun
/ˈkæmpˌstuːl/

: taburete de campamento

A Yorkshireman named Wyatt stole one of Clara's missives from Max's campstool, where he'd left it while fetching a cup of tea.

Examples

He set up his campstool by the fire to enjoy the evening view.
She found Gabbert sitting on a campstool in front of his tent, pecking at a laptop.

Fiction book (2000)
With her back to the rocks, Eugenia Pillsbury, half-camouflaged by brown face and brown felt hat, sat on a campstool, brooding like a sibyl over the bits of pottery laid out on a newspaper at her feet.

Fiction book (1993)
After a long hike, she sat down on her campstool to rest and enjoy a snack.
During the camping trip, they used a campstool to relax around the campfire.

Synonyms

camp chair

vscampstool

1 1.6

A small folding chair you use outdoors, for example when camping

lacks a backrest and provides a simple folding seat

How Portable

campstool

3.9

camp chair

1 1.6

folding chair

14 1.0

stool

95 1.0

bench

210 1.0

Surface Forms

campstool singular

campstools plural

Morphology

campstool = camp + stool (transparent) = camp + stool

The meaning is directly the combination of 'camp' + 'stool' (a stool used for camping), so learners who know both components can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Campstool breaks into two easy parts: camp meaning a 'place outdoors where people stay' and stool meaning a small 'seat'. So a campstool is a small, often folding seat you take when you go camping, to a picnic, or on a hike.