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backstroke|ˈbækˌstrəʊk|
Also back-stroke.
[f. back adv.]
a. A blow or stroke in return, a recoil;
b. a back-handed stroke.
1674Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 96 The backstroke will be sure to give him a knocker. 1753J. Collier Art Torment. 167 Then may you lie snug, and..play her a most noble backstroke. 1876Emerson Ess. Ser. i. iii. 90 This back⁓stroke, this kick of the gun.
c. Swimming. A stroke in which the swimmer lies upon his back in the water. Also attrib., and ellipt. for backstroke event, backstroke race, etc.
1876W. Wilson Swimming xii. 49 The slightest motion of the legs..will sustain and at the same time propel the body. This is known as the plain back stroke. 1887Encycl. Brit. XXII. 769/1 Another racing back stroke is performed by lifting hands and arms out of the water at the finish of the pull downward. 1908Manual of Seamanship (H.M.S.O.) I. 319 Then lie on your back, hold him in front of you, and swim with the back stroke, taking care to keep his face above the water. Ibid. 320 This method will be useful to over-arm swimmers as well as to back-stroke swimmers. 1933Boys' Mag. XLII. 83/1 The order in which you learn the strokes should be—crawl, breast-stroke, life-saving back-stroke, side, overarm. 1958Times 3 Nov. 2/7 Miss C. Hussey..broke the championship record for the 100 yards junior girls' backstroke.
d. Cricket. A stroke made from behind the popping crease when playing back. (Usu. written as two words.) Cf. back play (back- B).
1897K. S. Ranjitsinhji Jubilee Bk. Cricket iv. 168 Mere defensive back-play is easy enough. The veriest novice can make some kind of back-stroke. 1898― With Stoddart's Team (ed. 4) ix. 175 Hill's play..was remarkable for..his powerful ‘back’ strokes. |