seat back
English
Noun
seat back (plural seat backs)
- Alternative form of seatback.
- 1957 August, “New Multiple-Unit Stock for Hastings and Watford Services”, in Railway Magazine, page 532:
- Another feature new to British Railways is the provision of two-position adjustable seats in the first class compartments. In this design, the seat squab can be pulled out some six inches, the seat back being attached to the seat to give a less upright sitting position.
- 2023 July 26, Pip Dunn, “Merseyrail '777s' are OK for passengers”, in RAIL, number 988, page 59:
- There is an 18×27cm headrest, which at its lowest is incorporated some 5cm into the seat back.