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Definition of High-backed
1. Adjective. Having a high back. "A high-backed sofa"
Lexicographical Neighbors of High-backed
Literary usage of High-backed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lost Chapters Recovered from the Early History of American Methodism by Joseph Beaumont Wakeley (1858)
"Collector of Moneys — Bachelor — Treasurer Twenty Years — Mrs. Courtney—high-backed
Pew—Newton's Death—Where buried. HAVING read the names, on the "old book ..."
2. Cap and Gown: Some College Verse by Joseph Le Roy Harrison (1893)
"THE high-backed CHAIR. T OOK at it carefully, Jim, old man ! Quaint old specimen,
don't you think? Praise its shape, if you really can,— It has a history! ..."
3. Illustrated History of Furniture: From the Earliest to the Present Time by Frederick Litchfield (1899)
"... for the display of the gold and silver drinking cups, and vases of the time;
the repast A HIGH BACKED CHAIR IN CARVED OAK (GOTHIC STYLE). Pr.Ric'i': XV. ..."
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