shield back


noun
  1. a chair back having a form resembling that of a somewhat heart-shaped medieval shield.

Origin of shield back

1
First recorded in 1895–1900
  • Also called heart back.

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How to use shield back in a sentence

  • For a moment it had warmed her heart back to a little interest in living.

    A German Pompadour | Marie Hay
  • A luring whisper where the laurels stir Wiles my heart back to woodland-ward again.

    Songs from Vagabondia | Bliss Carman and Richard Hovey
  • Master, I wish a medicine to make my husband hate my rival and to draw his heart back to me.

    The Wizard | H. Rider Haggard
  • So the Prince gave the diamond heart back to the jeweller, and went on again.

    Tell Me Another Story | Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
  • Over all the frenzy and horror of the tale itself floats the irony of the trusting heart back in Brussels.

    A Book of Prefaces | H. L. Mencken