ruby-backed
adjective
(Of fine Chinese porcelain) enamelled on the reverse in pink or crimson.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Pall Mall Gazette.
- subscription seat
- subscription society
- subscription television
- subscription TV
- subscriptive
- subsea
- subsecant
- sub-secession
- subsect
- subsection
- subsectioned
- subsegment
- subsellium
- subsemitone
- subsensation
- subsense
- subsensible
- subsensual
- subsequence
- subsequency
- subsequent
- subsequentially
- subsequently
- subsere
- subserosa