{i} litter, portable closed passenger vehicle for one person suspended between poles and carried by men (was common during the 17th and 18th centuries)
A sedan chair is an enclosed chair for one person carried on two poles by two men, one in front and one behind. Sedan chairs were used in the 17th and 18th centuries. a seat on two poles with a cover around it, used in the past to carry an important person (Perhaps from sella , from sedere; SEDENTARY)