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turnback, n. and a.|ˈtɜːnbæk|
[f. the verbal phr. turn back (turn v. 70).]
One who or that which turns back or is turned back; an act of turning back. a. n. (a) One who faint-heartedly retreats, or gives up an enterprise. (b) That part of anything which is folded back. (c) The return of something borrowed or rented. (d) A reduction in price; a reversal.
1843Vermont Militia Act 1842 61 Coat—dark blue, double breasted;..the skirts to reach to the bend of the knee, with buff kerseymere turnbacks. 1847–78Halliwell, Turnback, a coward. 1879Unif. Regul. in Navy List July (1882) 489/2 Stand-up collar, with a white turn-back on each side of the collar. 1881A. C. Grant Bush-Life Queensland II. 232 The unfavourable reports of these turnbacks were..little heeded. 1943Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 19 Nov. 4/1 (heading) 13 billion dollar turnback... The War Department is returning to the Budget Bureau more than 13 billion dollars..from its 1943 appropriation. 1949Sun (Baltimore) 18 Mar. 1/2 (heading) Second auto turnback. 1967Electronics 6 Mar. 351/2 A rise in turnbacks of rented machines in recent years has Japanese computer makers uneasy. 1977Sunday Times Mag. (Perth, Austral.) 16 Jan. 6/5 When the turn back came on the last three days of trading, it was the farm leaders in particular that held their gains.
b. attrib. or adj. That is folded back.
1900Westm. Gaz. 29 Nov. 2/2 A little more protection round the throat than a turn-back collar can afford. 1909Daily Graphic 19 Oct. 17/3 The little turn-back brim in a Dutch baby bonnet. Ibid. 20 Oct. 13/1 The tight-fitting tunic..ends in a turnback fold of the material. |