sedan chairs
Portable human-powered carriages
Sedan chairs are enclosed seats carried on horizontal poles by two or more bearers, one in front and one behind.
Popular among the wealthy in 17th- and 18th-century Europe for navigating crowded city streets, they offered privacy and protection from weather and mud.
The singular is sedan chair: She arrived at the ball in a sedan chair.
- bearersThose who carry things
- palanquinsCovered conveyances borne aloft
- portersThose who carry baggage
- liftMechanism for vertical transport
- spa cultureTherapeutic bathing customs
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- ancient traveltravelers, Silk Road, pilgrims, trade routes, caravans
- Georgian BritainGeorge III, Walpole, Culloden, Georgian era, Regency period
- Old ChinaBeijing, Peking, Shanghai, Forbidden City, Great Wall
- etiquettemanners, politeness, etiquette, table manners, courtesy
- treasuresjewels, gems, gold coins, crown jewel, artifacts
- Joseon KoreaJoseon dynasty, hangeul, civil service exam, civil service exams, Neo-Confucianism
sedan chairshorse-drawn carriages
Vehicles pulled by equines
automobiles · motorcars · horseback · stagecoaches · coaches
sedan chairsmass transit
Shared urban transportation network
public transit · streetcars · trams · walking
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