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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bucket seatnoun

    a low single seat as in cars or planes

Wiktionary

  1. bucket seatnoun

    A form-fitting seat for one passenger in automobiles, aircraft, and other such modes of transport.

  2. Etymology: Apparently French baquet, 'cockpit', from early twentieth century French aircraft.

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  1. Bucket seat

    A bucket seat is a car seat contoured to hold one person, distinct from a flat bench seat designed to fit multiple people. In its simplest form it contours somewhat to the human body, but may have a deep seat and exaggerated sides that partially enclose and support the body in high-performance automobiles. Before the World War II, the term Kübelsitzwagen (meaning bucket-seat car) became popular in Germany, for light open-topped, cross-country and military vehicles without doors, because these were typically equipped with bucket seats, to help keep occupants on board, in an era before the adoption of seat belts.: 78, 116, 132, 136 : 22  This body style had first been developed by Karosseriefabrik N. Trutz in 1923.: 78  They are typically standard in front in fast cars to keep drivers and other passengers in place when turning at speed. Rear "bucket seats" are typically hybrids of bench and true bucket seats, being contoured generally like the latter but fixed in place, even when divided by a center console, and thus lacking a free-standing bucket seat's front-rear and often backrest angle adjustability.

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  1. bucket seat

    A bucket seat is a type of seat with contours designed to accommodate and support one person, distinct from a flat bench seat which can hold multiple people. It is typically found in vehicles such as cars, aircrafts, and boats. A bucket seat usually features a rounded back and deep seating surface which envelopes the occupant to hold them in place better during more intense movement or maneuvers, offering greater comfort and safety.

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  1. Bucket seat

    A bucket seat is a seat contoured to hold one person, distinct from bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people. Bucket seats are standard in fast cars to keep riders in place when making sharp or quick turns. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the name derives from the seat "partly resembling a bucket in shape". Racing vehicles usually have only one bucket seat. Vehicles sold to the general public often have two bucket seats in the front compartment, and may contain more in a rear compartment. Commercial aircraft now have bucket seats for all passengers. Automobile bucket seats first came into use after World War II on European small cars, due to: ⁕Their relatively small size compared to a bench seat; and ⁕Lack of seating room for a middle passenger, due to the presence of a floor-mounted shifter and parking brake lever. The first motor sports and fast road bucket seats in Europe were manufactured by Colin Folwell, who subsequently founded Corbeau Seats in the UK in 1963 The bucket seat trend was especially apparent in sporty cars, particularly two-seater sports cars, most of which were manufactured in European nations.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of bucket seat in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of bucket seat in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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