The uncovered benches on an athletic field; because bleached by sun and rain.
1909. Since the old days, there have been sad faces on the bleachers.—N.Y. Ev. Post, March 4: from the Boston Post.
1909. [Some think] that, by going to work at eight, they may adjourn to the bleachers or the teeing-ground at half-past three.—N.Y. Ev. Post, May 13.
1909. No true friend of athletics who has cheered madly from the “bleachers,” or danced the serpent-dance of victory on the soggy field, will hesitate.—Id., April 8.
