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back rest

British

noun

a support for the back of something

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"We'll go back, rest up. I believe I won the fight but I'm not going to sit and cry and make excuses. We'll run it again," Fury added.

From BBC • May 18, 2024

Its ergonomic back rest caught the wind to perform one last spin.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2023

When he made progress, like the time he was able to pull his head forward and put it back against a back rest, he repeated it, over and over, for 40 minutes.

From Washington Times • Jul. 16, 2016

The ones in the front fly and the ones in the back rest and then they change over.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2015

Axel pulls to one side of the bench, lets his back rest against the wall, his feet toward the center of the bench, still plenty of room for Frank to sit.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

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