child seat

English

Noun

child seat (plural child seats)

1. Synonym of child safety seat (“a car safety restraint designed for infants and young children”).
   • 2020 July 31, Jordan Nickerson et al., “Car Seats as Contraception”, in Journal of Law and Economics, Abstract:

     Since 1977, U.S. states have passed laws steadily raising the age for which a child must ride in a car safety seat. These laws significantly raise the cost of having a third child, as many regular-sized cars cannot fit three child seats in the back... We estimate that these laws prevented only 57 car crash fatalities of children nationwide in 2017. Simultaneously, they led to a permanent reduction of approximately 8,000 births in the same year, and 145,000 fewer births since 1980, with 90% of this decine being since 2000.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see child,‎ seat (a seat, like a chair, designed for a child).