turnback
Meanings
noun
- Part of a garment that is turned back.
- The turning back of a weaver around another element.
- The act of turning back a boat containing immigrants.
- The strap from the hames to the hip-strap, on a horse.
- A place, e.g. on a railway, where vehicles can reverse direction, i.e. turn back.
- A cadet at a military academy who fails a class and has to retake it.
Word forms
Etymology
Deverbal from turn back.
Derived words
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