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Definition of Backrests
1. backrest [n] - See also: backrest
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backrests
Literary usage of Backrests
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Abrasives & Abrasive Wheels, Their Nature, Manufacture and Use: A Complete by Frederic Burnham Jacobs (1919)
"It takes a little time, to be sure, to set backrests, but the results obtained by
... There is no hard and fast rule for the number of backrests to use ..."
2. Public Organization in Ancient Greece: A Documentary Study by Nicholas F. Jones (1987)
"The first, the earliest, consists of a single text (once given in full, twice
abbreviated), inscribed on the front faces of the backrests of the first, ..."
3. Societies of the Plains Indians by Clark Wissler (1916)
"... lodge was furnished with beaded and otherwise ornamented willow backrests for the
... and it is said that originally such backrests were the exclusive ..."
4. The New Everyday: Views on Ambient Intelligenceby Stefano Marzano by Stefano Marzano (2003)
"Various armrests, backrests and table elements can be slotted into holes in these
... Possibilities include a traditional couch with backrests along the ..."
5. Richard Hutten by Ed van Hinte, Richard Hutten (2002)
"At a furniture exhibition the designer observed the use of one particular Thing'
called Thing 7 , a very long table or seat with three backrests: one at the ..."
6. In Darkest Africa, Or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"... the curious two- or four-bladed knives, their curved swords; their small bows
and short arrows; their stools, benches, and backrests ; their ear-rings, ..."
7. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"The carpets and rugs and all similar articles, including the upholstered seats
and backrests, if removable, should be taken from the car for vacuum ..."
8. North American Indians of the Plains by Clark Wissler (1920)
"Woven mats were almost unknown, except the simple willow backrests used by the
Blackfoot, Mandan, Cheyenne, Gros Ventre, and others. These are, after all, ..."
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