turnback
nounEtymology Deverbal from turn back.
1
Part of a garment that is turned back.
2
The turning back of a weaver around another element.
- Most basketmakers make their turnbacks in a particular section of the weaving on the sides or in the middle of the basket.1991, Rachel Nash Law, Cynthia Wieboldt Taylor, Appalachian White Oak Basketmaking: Handing Down the Basket, page 86:
3
The act of turning back a boat containing immigrants.
- The information commissioner, Professor John McMillan, ruled that requests for watch officer logs and authorisations for turnbacks were exempt from release because they could have a “substantial adverse effect” on the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS).2015 July 20, Paul Farrell, “Details about asylum seeker turnbacks to remain secret, commissioner rules”, in The Guardian:
4
The strap from the hames to the hip-strap, on a horse.
5
A place, e.g. on a railway, where vehicles can reverse direction, i.e. turn back.
- Removal of one set of train turnbacks also makes more efficient use of infrastructure and reduces peak loads at interchange stations.2023 June 14, David Clough, “Tram-trains are making tracks...”, in RAIL, number 985, page 54:
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US A cadet at a military academy who fails a class and has to retake it.
- Derived terms
- turnback siding