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backbands

backbands is the plural of backband.

Meaning of backband

Noun

backband (plural backbands)

  1. (historical) A strap that passes over the back of a horse, used to hold up the shafts of a carriage.
    • The first "Troy" coach put on the road came in 1829. It was a great novelty, but some hundreds of them were soon throwing the dust of Maryland and Pennsylvania into the air. Their cost then was between four and six hundred dollars. The harness used on the road was of giant proportions. The...1904, Archer Butler Hulbert, “Volume 10, Chapter 4, STAGECOACHES AND FREIGHTERS”, in Historic Highways of America/Volume 10/Chapter 4

Questions about backbands

What is backbands the plural of?
Backbands is the plural of backband.

Words near backbands in the dictionary

  1. backazimuths
  2. backbag
  3. backbags
  4. backball
  5. backband
  6. backbands
  7. backbar
  8. backbarrier
  9. backbarriers
  10. Backbarrow
  11. backbars

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