资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sedan \Se*dan"\, n. [Said to be named from Sedan, in France,
   where it was first made, and whence it was introduced into
   England in the time of King Charles I.]
   A portable chair or covered vehicle for carrying a single
   person, -- usually borne on poles by two men. Called also
   {sedan chair}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

sedan chair
     n : a closed litter for one passenger [syn: {sedan}]