chairback
chairback noun: the rear part of a chair that supports the sitter's back.
Noun
chairback (plural chairbacks)
- The rear part of a chair that supports the sitter's back.
- Podson said nothing to that, but he undressed to examine his shirt and collar, and assure himself that they were still in presentable condition. He hung his coat over a chair-back and folded the crease in his pants for pressure under his mattress.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 191
- Nevertheless, the first thing I did after assuring myself that there were indeed no malicious persons or things lurking under the bed or elsewhere was to slip a chair-back under the door handle.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 15
Forms of chairback
| plural | chairbacks |
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Origin of chairback
From chair + back.
Questions about chairback
- What does chairback mean?
- Chairback means the rear part of a chair that supports the sitter's back.
- What part of speech is chairback?
- Chairback is a noun.
- What is the plural of chairback?
- The plural of chairback is chairbacks.
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