Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rest or support of any kind for the head; specifically, in photography, an adjustable apparatus, generally a metallic skeleton frame, placed behind the sitter to steady and support his head during the taking of his portrait.
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Examples
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Moveable curtains and head-rest covers signal "business class"—the airline can sell as many business-class tickets, usually at 50% higher than a regular coach ticket, as it can, then adjust the curtains and headrests for each flight depending on bookings.
Flight of Fantasy: For Vacation, Some Fliers Play Airline Scott McCartney 2011
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Martinez stretched his right arm across the passenger's head-rest and turned.
Bangs Stephen Marlowe 2011
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What happened now was that one white-coated veck strapped my gulliver to a like head-rest, singing to himself all the time some vonny cally pop-song.
Where's the show? John Myles Aavedal 2010
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Toyota Kirloskar Motor Ltd. The seats of the sedan are ergonomically sound, and boast an integrated head-rest.
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The teacher I presume fumbled the hand-odd and tagged the student with the pad for the head-rest.
Dad ketteh sez: turn off teh lights! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Idle conversation for the sake of it escaped her, and she leaned back against the head-rest and closed her eyes.
Purchased By The Billionaire Bianchin, Helen 2006
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Like the Abyssinian article, it resembles the head-rest of ancient Egypt in all points, except that it is not worked with Typhons and other horrors to drive away dreadful dreams.
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He said no more for a while, resting his neck against the thick, cushioned hide of the chair's head-rest.
Ironhand's Daughter Gemmell, David 1995
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Leaning back against the head-rest of the padded leather chair, he stared at the panelled ceiling, his mind tired, his thoughts fragmented.
The Hawk Eternal Gemmell, David 1995
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That same box contains their portraits, their photographs stuck on visiting cards, which are printed on the back with the name of Uyeno, the fashionable photographer in Nagasaki -- the little creatures fit only to figure daintily on painted fans, who have striven to assume a dignified attitude when once their necks have been placed in the head-rest, and they have been told: "Now, don't move."
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