window seat

plural window seats · alternative window-seat

1. A typically soft seat placed in a recess, for a window, in a wall, and filling the recess.
2. A seat beside a window in public transport, as in a bus, train or passenger aircraft.

   Or take an eastbound Met from King's Cross outside the rush hour, when you ought to be able to find a window seat. Again, look up, to see the beautiful brick valley made by the Metropolitan: the towering arcaded walls with brick struts going over.

   2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 29

   Synonyms: window