wingback

IPA: wˈɪŋbæk

(soccer) A player who doubles on either side of the center as a defender when their team is defending, and a winger when they are attacking.
(American football) A running back who is in formation near the line of scrimmage and outside the tackles, a slotback.
One of the projecting side pieces on a wingback chair.
A wingback chair.

Examples of "wingback" in Sentences

Maggie looked to her left, at a woman who sat in a large wingback chair.
Mrs. Brown takes a seat in a wingback chair and pulls a brightly colored quilt over her lap.
While watching CNN's Larry King interview ex-Beatle Paul McCartney one night, I fell out of the wingback when McCartney named his favorite song, "The Very Thought of You."
That could be a straight run behind a phalanx of blockers, or a hand-off to another back or roving flanker or "wingback," who was set in motion behind the line before the snap.
The club also rejected overseas bids for key players like wingback Danilo and midfielders Marcos Arouca and Ganso, and Santos spent considerable money bringing home European-based Brazilian players like Edu Dracena, Ibson and Elano.
This way of thinking embraces improvisation and "natural patina," Mr. Calderwood added, citing the last-minute addition of plaid wingback chairs to the lobby in Ace's New York property which opened in 2009 and the decision to leave the old plumbing pipes in the restaurant exposed.