Home › Words › P › pressbackpressbackpressback means A wooden chair of the Victorian period, having a pattern pressed into the crest rail and/or splat by means of a steam press.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, pressback ranks #2,710 of 42,749 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom press + back.nounA wooden chair of the Victorian period, having a pattern pressed into the crest rail and/or splat by means of a steam press.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).