bucket seat

noun
1.
an individual seat with a rounded or contoured back, as in some automobiles and airplanes, often made to fold forward.
Also called bucket.
Origin
1905-10
Examples from the web for bucket seat
  • The tractor had an enclosed cab and a bucket seat without seatbelts.
  • Two main frame types have evolved so far, the cage seat and the bucket seat.
  • Since then the three standard swings and one bucket seat swing were removed.
  • Those that used the simulator found themselves in a small trailer next to the track, buckled into a bucket seat.
British Dictionary definitions for bucket seat

bucket seat

noun
1.
a seat in a car, aircraft, etc, having curved sides that partially enclose and support the body