Back score
a line at each end of the rink parallel to and equidistant from the foot score and the sweeping score.
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- Back seat
a seat at the rear. take a backseat, to occupy a secondary or inferior position: her writing has taken a backseat because of other demands on her time. contemporary examples neither candidate has really addressed this issue; it takes a back seat to the economy and the war. pet-tions flood change.org in advance of presidential […]
- Backset
new england, southern, and south midland u.s. a setback; relapse; reverse. an eddy or countercurrent. (on a lock on a door or the like) the horizontal distance between the face through which the bolt p-sses and the center line of the kn-b stem or keyhole. historical examples the rascals had had one backset, but this […]
- Back shaft
a spindle carrying back gears.
- Back shift
noun (brit) a group of workers who work a shift from late afternoon to midnight in an industry or occupation where a day shift or a night shift is also worked the period worked
- Backshore
the zone of the sh-r- or beach above the high-water line, acted upon only by severe storms or exceptionally high tides. the area immediately adjacent to a sea cliff. berm (def 3). backsh-r- (bāk’shôr’) the area of a sh-r- that lies between the average high tide mark and the vegetation. the backsh-r- is affected by […]