Definition of backrest
: a rest for the back
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Examples of backrest in a Sentence
a chair with a cushioned backrest
Recent Examples of backrest from the Web
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Seats used to have stiff metal or carbon fiber backrests that needed thick padding.
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Active Protection – an occupant protection system – pre-tensions the seatbelts, brings the passenger backrest (comfort seats) upright, and closes side windows and sliding roof in a critical situation such as an emergency stop.
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As the officer did a routine search of the backseat, his elbow crunched on something in the backrest.
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Their only backrest is a case of Gatorade tucked behind the back seat.
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The advanced frontal airbags are activated in stages in relation to impact severity while the side airbags integrated into the sides of the front seat backrests reduce the risk of injury at chest, hip and head levels in side impact situations.
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First Known Use of backrest
1833
BACKREST Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of backrest for English Language Learners
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: a support for a person to lean back against while sitting
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