wheelchair

Etymology

From wheel + chair.

noun

1. A chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person.
   And there are aspirations that we must rightly meet - people travelling in a wheelchair should be able to get on and off the train. January 13 2021, Paul Clifton, “Island Line bids farewell to 1930s "icon of transport"...”, in Rail, page 9
2. (attributive) Designed for use by wheelchairbound people.
3. (by extension) Any device involving wheels designed to assist a non-human animal with locomotion.
   To build the wheelchair, Dale Ryder attached wheels from a toy plane to an axle that fits over Mrs. T’s shell. March 1 2020, Gabe Bergado, “Watch this tortoise zip around town in a giant wheelchair”, in The Daily Dot