Definition of "deacon-seat" []

• A long settee used by lumbermen in camp. (noun)
• The bench in front of the sleeping-bunks in a logging-camp. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• ""Oh, he can't be so very bad: he can't be dying," said Drusy, seating herself on the deacon-seat at the foot of the sick man's bed and peering anxiously into his pinched and pallid face, which was illuminated by the rays of the great fire."
• "FitzPatrick sat absolutely imperturbable on the deacon-seat, looking straight in front of him, his legs stretched comfortably aslant, one hand supporting the elbow of the other, which in turn held his short brier pipe."
• "He saw an unkempt row of hard-faced men along the deacon-seat, reckless in bearing, with the light of the dare-devil in their eyes."