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leanback

leanback noun: a seat back formed by a frame made of flexible twigs and covered by a hide or blanket.

Noun

leanback (plural leanbacks)

  1. A seat back formed by a frame made of flexible twigs and covered by a hide or blanket.
    • I was placed in a saddle and a leanback was made; a bent twig or sapling inclined at an angle of 50° was attached to the rings at the crupper of the saddle, and I was securely attached to it by a rope.1867, United States. Surgeon-General's Office, Circular, page 14
    • On the each end was a leanback made of willow rods tied together in a tapered trapezoidal form set at an angle. Covers of buffalo hide with the hair on and quillwork designs were draped over the leanback and bed surface.2013, Jeffrey D. Anderson, Arapaho Women's Quillwork: Motion, Life, and Creativity, page 61

Forms of leanback

pluralleanbacks

Origin of leanback

Deverbal from lean back.

Questions about leanback

What does leanback mean?
Leanback means a seat back formed by a frame made of flexible twigs and covered by a hide or blanket.
What part of speech is leanback?
Leanback is a noun.
What is the plural of leanback?
The plural of leanback is leanbacks.

Words near leanback in the dictionary

  1. lean-burn
  2. lean-to
  3. lean-tos
  4. lean-witted
  5. Leana
  6. leanback
  7. leanbacks
  8. leanchoiliid
  9. leanchoiliids
  10. Leander
  11. Leandrew

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