high-backed

English

Adjective

high-backed (not comparable)

  1. Of a chair, having a long back that reaches up to or beyond the head of a seated person.
    • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 4:
      As I entered the room, the fire [...] flickering light through the wide-open door over the room, which was very deep, and furnished in the old style with high-backed Russia leather chairs, and one of those settees which were intended for farthingales and straight up-and-down positions.
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