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Definition of Backband
1. Noun. A broad band that passes over the back of a horse and supports the shafts of a vehicle.
Definition of Backband
1. n. The band which passes over the back of a horse and holds up the shafts of a carriage.
Definition of Backband
1. Noun. A band that passes over the back of a horse and holds up the shafts of a carriage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Backband
1. a rope [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backband
Literary usage of Backband
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland by Scotland Privy Council (1905)
"... and verified to the saids Lords be ane backband made be the said ... and giveing
backe the said backband made to him be the said James Home to be ..."
2. An Alphabetical List of English Words Occurring in the Literature of the by Philological Society (Great Britain), Philological Society (Great Britain (1861)
"... cuirasses 1616 backband, 3 back and fore, J. back and edge, H. back and forth
1500 back and side 1 backbar, W. 1500 back to back 1 backband, a bond, ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1890)
"Back ad [baak-ud], adj., adv. backward, applied generally to vegetation. '
Oor taties is very back- ad this year.' backband [baak-baan-d], a strap or chain ..."
4. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"backband. An iron chain passing in a groove of the cart-saddle to support the
shafts. Л'вг.'А. BACKBAR. The bar in a chimney by which *u; ..."
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