sleep seat

[Bridget]

What does "sleep seat" mean here?

Bobby sat in the sleep seat as they rumbled through the night.

[Pete]

Originally Posted by Bridget

What does "sleep seat" mean here?

Bobby sat in the sleep seat as they rumbled through the night.

You didn't give us any context, but if the setting is a truck, this quote from an Internet article probably shows what is meant:

> A sleep seat is the seat in which the co-driver in a long-distance lorry or truck can rest.

> http://www.vuw.ac.nz/lals/publicatio...pdfs/HVG15.PDF

(It may or may not be significant that the URL is from New Zealand; I had not personally heard that term before.)

[Bridget]

Originally Posted by Pete

You didn't give us any context, but if the setting is a truck, this quote from an Internet article probably shows what is meant:

> A sleep seat is the seat in which the co-driver in a long-distance lorry or truck can rest.

> www.vuw.ac.nz/lals/publications/pdfs/george-pdfs/HVG15.PDF

(It may or may not be significant that the URL is from New Zealand; I had not personally heard that term before.)

I see. That makes sense. Do you think it is limited to NZ?

[Pete]

Originally Posted by Bridget

I see. That makes sense. Do you think it is limited to NZ?

As I said, I've never heard the term before, so don't consider me an authority on this. It doesn't seem to be limited to New Zealand, however. Google turned up 3 relevant hits for me: the one from NZ that I listed, one from a UK Defense Standard for military logistics vehicles (whatever they are), and one in a forum that described a mini-bus used to tour along the California coast. (The person who posted that, however, had an aol.com e-mail address, which gives no clue about his actual nationality.)

There does seem to be another meaning for "sleep seat" that I gleaned from some other Google references: this is a seat (as on a bus or airplane) that reclines all the way flat to facilitate sleeping. The reference in the posting about the mini-bus in California may well have intended that meaning.

With the "rumble" reference in your original quote and the definite article "the" implying a single unique sleep seat, the "co-driver's seat" definition still seems the most likely in your particular quote.