evacuchair

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noun

A rudimentary stairchair used to transport handicapped people, and others in need, up and down stairs in an emergency usually attached to stairwells.

“What should a wheelchaired person do if he waits by the stairwell for assistance in a fire but help never comes in time to carry him down with an evacuchair?”

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Meanings

nounevacuchair (plural evacuchairs)

plural evacuchairs

  1. A rudimentary stairchair used to transport handicapped people, and others in need, up and down stairs in an emergency usually attached to stairwells.

    What should a wheelchaired person do if he waits by the stairwell for assistance in a fire but help never comes in time to carry him down with an evacuchair?

    1 more example

    With three of the five stairwells dedicated to stretcher cases and Evacuchairs for those needing wheelchairs, more than two hundred ambulatory patients and visitors were channeled to the remaining two, making progress down to the lobby […]

    2011, Linda Reid, Deborah Shlian, Devil Wind: A Sammy Greene Thriller

Origin

From evacuate and chair.

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APA

evacuchair. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evacuchair

MLA

“evacuchair.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evacuchair. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “evacuchair,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evacuchair.

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