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名詞

leanback (複数形 leanbacks)

1. A seat back formed by a frame made of flexible twigs and covered by a hide or blanket.
   • 1867, United States. Surgeon-General's Office, Circular (page 14)

     I was placed in a saddle and a leanback was made; a bent twig or sapling inclined at an angle of 50° was attached to the rings at the crupper of the saddle, and I was securely attached to it by a rope.

   • 2013, Jeffrey D. Anderson, Arapaho Women's Quillwork: Motion, Life, and Creativity (page 61)

     On the each end was a leanback made of willow rods tied together in a tapered trapezoidal form set at an angle. Covers of buffalo hide with the hair on and quillwork designs were draped over the leanback and bed surface.

   • 2014, M. B. Tosi, The Thundering Path of Spirit (page 10)

     Sleeping rolls or mattresses of animal skins were arranged around the circular edges near the buckskin walls, and there were buffalo hide seats called leanbacks randomly placed near the fire pit.