Sling furniture is usually a suspended, free-swinging chair, bed, or hammock that is made of a framework connected to hanging straps or rope. When attached to poles or a frame for carrying, a sling becomes a stretcher, a simple form of litter.
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File:VC carrying POW in litter DD-ST-99-04295.JPG|A sling being used to carry an injured man
File:La señora de la hamaca -Yucatán.jpg|Hanging chair in Yucatán, 2007
File:Summer reading (14700266371).jpg|Hammock chair, Salem, Oregon, US, 2014
File:Hanging chair.jpg|An upholstered hanging chair, Spain, 2012
File:Baby-Hammock.jpg|Baby asleep in a hammock, Na Khun Yai, Nakhon Phanom province, Thailand, 2004
File:HMS Victory (47307862642).jpg|British naval hammocks, 1700–1800s. HMS Victory reconstruction
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See also
- Sex swing
- Swing (seat)