Ladder-back
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ladder-back is a noun meaning Alternative form of ladderback.
Meaning
Alternative form of ladderback.
Example Sentences
Clissett was a "badger" -a man who made chairs from green wood who had been making handsome ladder-backs since the 1850s.
Moreover, American woods were used; where Yorkshire chairs had been chiefly of oak, the Philadelphia ladder-backs were of maple and sometimes hickory.
The Woody chairs are fashioned in simple mountain style with comfortably curved two-slat backs; they make four-slat rockers, children's high chairs, low play-chairs, ladder-backs, and chairs with woven insets between the posts;
Word Forms
- ladder-backs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ladderbeam, lean-back, wingchair, stepladder, sidechair, lawnchair.
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