Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In saddlery, a local name for the strap which goes from the hames back to the hip-strap. See cut under
harness .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Used attributively to describe part of a garment that is
turned back
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Examples
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The county is looking to apply to a five-person state board that governs so-called turnback financing, which redirects a share of state sales tax revenue from convention centers, sports arenas and neighboring hotels back into the projects.
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They'll most likely be asked to approve a general obligation bond that uses about $24 million in sales taxes turned back from the state -- a so-called turnback tax -- to help finance a arena over 25 to 30 years.
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In place of a riding coat, for the afternoon was warm, she wore a tan linen blouse with white turnback collar.
CHAPTER XVI 2010
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The couple usually wakes at sunrise and Ms. Janssen helps her husband with the horses for an hour or two before work, usually acting as a turnback rider – someone on a horse in the cutting pen helping to helping to redirect cows back to the rider.
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It performed a routine air turnback shortly after taking off because of the landing gear doors that failed to retract.
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Plus, the outside wall that is closer to the public here has a turnback on it.
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Do you view a recess as a setback to the process, as a turnback, a problem?
Dee Dee Myers Press Briefing ITY National Archives 1994
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In place of a riding coat, for the afternoon was warm, she wore a tan linen blouse with white turnback collar.
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In place of a riding coat, for the afternoon was warm, she wore a tan linen blouse with white turnback collar.
The Little Lady of the Big House Jack London 1896
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In addition, Katharine was a talented biathlete, excellent cross - country skier, and participated in cutting-horse shows as a turnback rider.
Progressive Bloggers Another Random View 2010
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