Meaning

6 senses
  1. (attributive, countable, uncountable)Part of a garment that is turned back.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The turning back of a weaver around another element.

  3. (countable, uncountable)The act of turning back a boat containing immigrants.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The strap from the hames to the hip-strap, on a horse.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A place, e.g. on a railway, where vehicles can reverse direction, i.e. turn back.

  6. (US, countable, uncountable)A cadet at a military academy who fails a class and has to retake it.

Origin

Deverbal from turn back.

Deverbal from turn back.

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Forms

plural: turnbacks
Singularturnback
Pluralturnbacks

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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