High-backed

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a chair, having a long back that reaches up to or beyond the head of a seated person. not-comparable

    "On one side of the room was a large coffer, whose carving was worn smooth and shining with time; and on the other was a cumbrous book-case, filled with large and silver-clasped tomes. The only other articles of furniture were a small table, and a heavy, high-backed chair, covered with black serge."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having a high back wordnet

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"On one side of the room was a large coffer, whose carving was worn smooth and shining with time; and on the other was a cumbrous book-case, filled with large and silver-clasped tomes. The only other articles of furniture were a small table, and a heavy, high-backed chair, covered with black serge."

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