The Collaborative International Dictionary
ladder-backed
ladder-backed \ladder-backed\ n. Having horizontal stripes on the back, reminiscent of a ladder; -- used of birds; as, a ladder-backed woodpecker.
Usage examples of "ladder-backed".
Jenny took Ann and me was brim full of charming simplicity--the floors were natural pine, the chairs were cane-seated and ladder-backed, the curtains at the window nooks were yellowed lace.
So she sat in the ladder-backed chair facing the stone hearth, her hands folded demurely in her lap, and listened wide-eyed to his diatribe against Satan's servants and black magic.