bleachers

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   tiered rows of seats, typically uncovered, at an outdoor sports venue

   Fans filled the bleachers to watch the baseball game.

2. 2
   noun

   cheap or distant seating for spectators

   We could only afford tickets in the bleachers.

From bleach (Middle English, 'to whiten') + -er (agent suffix) + -s (plural); American English, late 19th c., for tiered seating exposed to the sun, which 'bleached' the spectators and benches.

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