"leanback" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: leanbacks [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from lean back. Head templates: {{en-noun}} leanback (plural leanbacks)
  1. A seat back formed by a frame made of flexible twigs and covered by a hide or blanket.

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          "ref": "1867, United States. Surgeon-General's Office, Circular, page 14",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2013, Jeffrey D. Anderson, Arapaho Women's Quillwork: Motion, Life, and Creativity, page 61",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2014, M. B. Tosi, The Thundering Path of Spirit, page 10",
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