turnback (English, noun)
expansion: turnback (countable and uncountable, plural turnbacks)
Senses:
glosses: Part of a garment that is turned back.
tags: attributive
countable
uncountable
glosses: The turning back of a weaver around another element.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: The act of turning back a boat containing immigrants.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: The strap from the hames to the hip-strap, on a horse.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: A place, e.g. on a railway, where vehicles can reverse direction, i.e. turn back.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: A cadet at a military academy who fails a class and has to retake it.
tags: US
countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: turnbacks
tags: plural