How to use backrest in a sentence
I insisted on her taking my own rocker, while I fixed myself on the floor with a pillar for a back-rest.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydWhen he got through and sounded I had to have the back-rest replaced in the seat to rest my aching back.
Tales of Fishes | Zane GreyHe found one of these with a back rest, and hurrying down to the water he soaked his handkerchief and carried it to her.
A Girl Of The Limberlost | Gene Stratton PorterPush the back rest up till the butt of the turning tool (ground to a rounded point) rests against the concave grinding tool.
On Laboratory Arts | Richard ThrelfallPulling a box near the stove and using it as a back-rest, he gathered his blankets tightly round him and lit his pipe.
Murder Point | Coningsby Dawson
British Dictionary definitions for back rest
a support for the back of something
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