Meaning

3 senses
  1. A fall or throw on the back.

  2. A lever in the coupler of an organ.

  3. A descending appoggiatura.

Origin

From back + fall.

From back + fall.

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Forms

plural: backfalls
Singularbackfall
Pluralbackfalls

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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