Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In furniture, one of the horizontal members of the frame which forms or supports the seat, as in a chair or a sofa.

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Examples

  • Harz saw Mr. Nicholas Treffry in a long, whitish dust-coat; his Italian servant, perched behind, was holding to the seat-rail, with a nervous grin on his dark face.

    Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

  • Adrian, for dear life, with his heart in his mouth, held hard to the seat-rail at his side.

    The Lady Paramount Henry Harland 1883

  • a long, whitish dust-coat; his Italian servant, perched behind, was holding to the seat-rail, with a nervous grin on his dark face.

    Villa Rubein, and other stories John Galsworthy 1900

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