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I've been corresponding with a journalist about the correct word for the bit of the seat you lean back on. He wrongly calls this the back rest. Well, strictly speaking that isn't wrong. He insists on calling the bit you sit on the SQUAB.
In actual fact, the bit you sit must be the cushion because the vertical padded part of the seat is the SQUAB.
This is a fact which I have verified by reference to a 1920's coachbuilder's guide. The people making bodywork and upholstery in those days might well have started out working on horse-drawn carriages so they should know!
In actual fact, the bit you sit must be the cushion because the vertical padded part of the seat is the SQUAB.
This is a fact which I have verified by reference to a 1920's coachbuilder's guide. The people making bodywork and upholstery in those days might well have started out working on horse-drawn carriages so they should know!
keep up the good work.....
Strangely Brown said:
I have always known the bit you sit on as the squab.
squab |skwɒb|
noun
1 a young unfledged pigeon.
• the flesh of such a bird as food : roast squab.
2 a thick stuffed cushion, esp. one covering the seat of a chair or sofa.
That's 5 Minutes of your time you just spent Googling you will never ever get back! squab |skwɒb|
noun
1 a young unfledged pigeon.
• the flesh of such a bird as food : roast squab.
2 a thick stuffed cushion, esp. one covering the seat of a chair or sofa.
PATTERNPART said:
I've been corresponding with a journalist about the correct word for the bit of the seat you lean back on. He wrongly calls this the back rest. Well, strictly speaking that isn't wrong. He insists on calling the bit you sit on the SQUAB.
In actual fact, the bit you sit must be the cushion because the vertical padded part of the seat is the SQUAB.
This is a fact which I have verified by reference to a 1920's coachbuilder's guide. The people making bodywork and upholstery in those days might well have started out working on horse-drawn carriages so they should know!
Sorry, just need to quote the OP for posterity.In actual fact, the bit you sit must be the cushion because the vertical padded part of the seat is the SQUAB.
This is a fact which I have verified by reference to a 1920's coachbuilder's guide. The people making bodywork and upholstery in those days might well have started out working on horse-drawn carriages so they should know!
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