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noun
A form-fitting seat for one passenger in automobiles, aircraft, and other such modes of transport.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a low single seat as in cars or planes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: seat
History
Apparently from French baquet (“cockpit”), from early twentieth-century French aircraft.
