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▪ I. break-back, n.
see break n.1 1 b, (Cricket) 5.
▪ II. ˈbreak-back, a.
[f. break v. + back n.1; cf. break-neck.]
1. That breaks the back; crushing, over heavy.
1556J. Heywood Spider & F. lxxii. 16 Our breakbacke burdens. 1607J. Davies Summa Tot. 21 (D.) All breake⁓backe Crosses which we vndergo. 1822W. Cobbett Rur. Rides (1885) I. 104 All the break-back and sweat-extracting work.
2. Of a roof: having the lower portion at a different angle from the upper. Also ellipt. as n. U.S. ? Obs.
1856S. G. Goodrich Recoll. of Lifetime (1857) I. 78 The house..was a low edifice..two stories in front; the rear being called a breakback, that is, sloping down to a height of ten feet. 1859Bartlett Dict. Amer. (ed. 2), Break-back, a term applied to a peculiar roof, common in the country, where the rear portion is extended beyond the line of the opposite side, and at a different angle. The addition thus acquired is used as a wash-room, a storehouse, or for farming implements. |