ribbonback
English
Etymology
ribbon + back
Noun
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.
- 1982, Marjorie Eatock, Stolen Holiday (page 120)
- 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.
- 1940, Clifford Hornby, Shooting Without Stars (page 110)