ladder back

American  

noun

1. a chair back having a number of horizontal slats between uprights.

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ladder back British  

noun

1. a type of chair in which the back is constructed of horizontal slats between two uprights

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Etymology

Origin of ladder back

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Andrew set the ladder back up, got the motor running and towed the fire hose back up onto the roof of the house.

From Los Angeles Times

“Remember that when we’re exploring the heavier material of our lives — whether it’s generational trauma, whether it’s our own wounds, whether it’s a political rage — you can’t go down to the bottom of the well unless you have a ladder back out,” she says.

From Washington Post

After that, you go to a practical assessment day with five different tests where you use all the different kit; simulate putting a ladder back on a truck, climbing a ladder, as well as doing things like taking your equipment apart and putting it back together - stuff you've never seen in your life.

From BBC

The festival organiser said people in the industry wanted to get their "first foot on the ladder back to work".

From BBC

She said homelessness also results in “literally taking years off of people’s lives and setting them on this downward trajectory that has no ladder back up.”

From Washington Times