Definition of "splint-bottomed" [splint-bottomed]

• Having the bottom or seat made of splints, or thin strips of wood, generally interwoven: as, a splint-bottomed chair. Also split-bottomed.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "And Widow Blunt rocked backwards and forwards in her splint-bottomed chair and watched the robins, and the next thing she knew the clock struck six and woke her up."
• "Then Widow Blunt sat down in her splint-bottomed chair by the kitchen window and watched Robert Robin and Mrs. Robert Robin come and pick her cherries."
• "Widow Blunt rocked back and forth in her splint-bottomed chair and laughed, and laughed, and laughed."