rocking chair; rocker
A chair with curved legs that allows a person to rock back and forth. Synonymous with ロッキングチェア.
See also: ロッキングチェア
祖母は揺り椅子に座って編み物をしていた。
My grandmother was sitting in a rocking chair and knitting.
Standard kanji spelling for 'rocking chair'.
Variant spelling with katakana イス; commonly seen in informal writing.
Compound of 揺り (yuri, 'rocking', from 揺る yuru 'to shake') + 椅子 (isu, 'chair').