fighting chair
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7.5
- noun
- Specialized
:
silla de combate
- Buddy Lockridge was sitting in the fighting chair reading the Metro section of the Los Angeles Times.
- sitting in the fighting chair
- full-size fighting chair
Examples
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Two heavy trolling rods were stuck in rod holders on the fighting chairs.
Academic text (1997) -
Buddy was now sitting in the main fighting chair, his feet up on the transom.
Fiction book (2001) -
Five and a half hours in the fighting chair.
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Mother and Daddy took turns in the fighting chairs, and each caught a fish or two.
Academic text (1997) -
My brother and I sat in the fighting chairs and received final instructions.
Academic text (1997) -
Raymond sits in the fighting chair, his small hands gripping the trolling set.
Fiction book (2002) -
In the fighting chair, Morgan lifted the rod and settled it into the leather holder that was belted around her waist.
Fiction book (2002) -
My brother and I sat in the fighting chair as we prepared to reel in our biggest catch of the day.
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Barry quickly took his position in the fighting chair, ready to battle the large fish on the line.
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Raymond eagerly placed himself in the fighting chair, gripping the rod as the fish began to tug.
How Secure
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is partly derivable from the parts: a B1 learner will infer it is a chair associated with ‘fighting’ (i.e. used during a struggle). However, the precise, specialised sense — a fixed, sturdy seat on a fishing boat used to fight large hooked fish — is domain-specific and could be misinterpreted (e.g. a chair used in human combat), so the full meaning is not reliably predictable from the constituents alone.
Etymology
Fighting chair comes from fishing boats: it is a strong, fixed chair with straps that keeps a person steady while they 'fight' a big hooked fish. That's why the name links fighting and chair, and it means a special seat used to help a person catch a large fish.