pullmanizeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

Pullmanize (third-person singular simple present Pullmanizes, present participle Pullmanizing, simple past and past participle Pullmanized)

1. (transitive, dated) To adapt (a vehicle or a place) to allow for sleeping.
   • 1928, Forest and Stream (volume 98, page 502)

     Many people in traveling south have the front seat-backs of their autos cut down in such a manner that they can sleep right in the car. This pullmanizing idea is a good one and I have run across some bright ideas in this line. Where there are four in a party, or five, I have seen a regular auto tent combined with the sleeping-in-the-car proposition: […]

   • 2004, Walter Bell, Return to Glory Hole

     We traveled by coach, meaning we had to sleep sitting up. We took care of that by dismantling the seats and "pullmanizing" our quarters so just about every player had a comfortable seat to sleep on.