"ladder back" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ladder backs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "ladder back (plural ladder backs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "word": "ladderback"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1972, South of the Mountains - Volumes 16-20, page xliv",
          "text": "This chair might be said to reflect a period when our ancestors began to have a little more time to devote to shaping and fitting than was required to make the vertical and horizontal joints of the simpler ladder backs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1977, Luis M. Feduchi, A History of World Furniture, page 81",
          "text": "They had ladder backs with three or more horizontal rungs or with a vertical element in the center.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Christian Becksvoort, The Shaker Legacy: Perspectives on an Enduring Furniture Style",
          "text": "However, if you look more closely, you can see that the Shaker ladder back is the more refined of the two: taller, thinner, and designed for greater comfort than its country cousin.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of ladderback"
      ],
      "id": "en-ladder_back-en-noun-wSVkn1ug",
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          "ladderback#English"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "ladder back"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ladder backs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ladder back (plural ladder backs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "ladderback"
        }
      ],
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1972, South of the Mountains - Volumes 16-20, page xliv",
          "text": "This chair might be said to reflect a period when our ancestors began to have a little more time to devote to shaping and fitting than was required to make the vertical and horizontal joints of the simpler ladder backs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1977, Luis M. Feduchi, A History of World Furniture, page 81",
          "text": "They had ladder backs with three or more horizontal rungs or with a vertical element in the center.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Christian Becksvoort, The Shaker Legacy: Perspectives on an Enduring Furniture Style",
          "text": "However, if you look more closely, you can see that the Shaker ladder back is the more refined of the two: taller, thinner, and designed for greater comfort than its country cousin.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of ladderback"
      ],
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        [
          "ladderback",
          "ladderback#English"
        ]
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "ladder back"
}