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deacon seat
noun- the seat nearest a fire US
- Because the deacons usually sat down front in church, the deaconseat became the bench nearest the fire in a lumber camp. — John Gould, Maine Lingo, p. 70, 1975
- in a lumber camp, the long bench in the bunkhouse US, 1851
- Along three sides of the single room ran double tiers of bunks, below which stood the benches or “deacon seats” on which the men sharpened their tools, mended their harness, ate their meals, and took their ease. — G.R. Stevens, The Incompleat Canadian, p. 36, 1965
- In front of each row of bunks were long benches made from split logs, called deacon seats. — A.S. Gintzler, Rough and Ready Loggers, p. 20, 1994
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