ribbonback
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]ribbonback (plural ribbonbacks)
- (often attributive) A decorative chairback made with slender rails of wood.
- 1982, Marjorie Eatock, Stolen Holiday, page 120:
- No overstuffed chairs here; just slender, carved legs, and curved arms, ribbonbacks and French satin cushions.
- A chair having this kind of back.
- 1940, Clifford Hornby, Shooting Without Stars, page 110:
- We sat in our Chippendale ribbonbacks, sipping green tea and goats' milk, with Osborne biscuits in the saucer.