slat back

noun

1. a chair back having two or more horizontal slats between upright posts.

Word History and Origins

Origin of slat back¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Its seat, like that of the slat back, was of rush, and it was fashioned of either hard or soft wood, and almost always painted black.

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Putting the slat back into its original position, and wedging it down with a copper, so that the means of his escape might not readily be seen, he crept carefully forward to the ladder under the forecastle, where he paused to consider the means by which he should escape from the vessel.

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