Definition of Back-channel

1. Adjective. Via a back channel. "The failure of back-channel negotiations"

Partainyms: Back Channel

Definition of Back-channel

1. Verb. (alternative spelling of backchannel) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Back-channel

back-
back-action plugger
back-alley
back-and-forth
back-and-forths
back-bench
back-bit
back-bite
back-bites
back-biting
back-bitten
back-blast
back-burner
back-channel (current term)
back-channeled
back-channeling
back-channelled
back-channelling
back-channels
back-cloth
back-cloth star
back-comb
back-cross
back-crosses
back-double
back-doubles
back-end
back-ends

Literary usage of Back-channel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of the Adirondacks by Alfred Lee Donaldson (1921)
"They blasted out the solid rocks on the back channel and turned more water into it by building a dam across the head of the rapids. ..."

2. The British Navy: Its Strength, Resources, and Administration by Thomas Brassey Brassey (1882)
"'The island is separated from the mainland by a narrow channel known as the back channel, which in former years afforded a passage- way for vessels of ..."

3. The Struggle for American Independence by Sydney George Fisher (1908)
"They had discovered that they could send boats at night through the passage or back channel between Fort Mifflin and this battery. ..."

4. House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d by United States Congress. House (1869)
"... together with so much of the opposite shore of the Back channel from League island shore as shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Navy, ..."

5. Players in the Game: Destiny of Doom by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1993)
"QUOTING (Spotlight): Mike Blair: CLINTON HAD “BACK CHANNEL” TO HANOI. ... Bill Clinton were conducting secret “back channel” business with agents of the ..."

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