Definition of Backband

1. Noun. A broad band that passes over the back of a horse and supports the shafts of a vehicle.

Generic synonyms: Band

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

back water
back waters
back yard
back yards
backache
backaches
backaction
backake
backal
backarapper
backarc
backarcs
backare
backband (current term)
backbands
backbeat
backbeats
backbench
backbencher
backbenchers
backbenches
backbend
backbends
backbit
backbite
backbiter
backbiters
backbites

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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