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.

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  • noun Used attributively to describe part of a garment that is turned back

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Examples

  • 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.

    Omaha World-Herald > Frontpage 2009

  • 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.

    JournalStar.com - News Articles 2009

  • In place of a riding coat, for the afternoon was warm, she wore a tan linen blouse with white turnback collar.

    CHAPTER XVI 2010

  • 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.

    Executive Channels Energy Into Horse Power 2008

  • It performed a routine air turnback shortly after taking off because of the landing gear doors that failed to retract.

    CNN Transcript Jul 28, 2008 2008

  • Plus, the outside wall that is closer to the public here has a turnback on it.

    CNN Transcript Dec 28, 2007 2007

  • 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

  • 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, by Jack London 1916

  • 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

  • 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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