break-backadj.

Etymology: < break v. + back n.¹; compare breakneck adj. and n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbreak-back.

1. That breaks the back; crushing, over heavy.

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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > causing weariness or exhaustion > esp. through labour

travailousa1382

laboriousc1410

travailsome1549

break-back1556

toilsome?1570

toilful1573

back-aching1603

back-breaking1904

1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lxxii. 16 Our breakbacke burdens.

1607 J. Davies Summa Totalis sig. H1^v All breake-backe Crosses, which we vndergo.

1822 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 29 June 813 All the break-back and sweat-extracting work.

2. Of a roof: having the lower portion at a different angle from the upper. Also elliptical as n. U.S. ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > other parts of roof

water1703

flanching1833

slate-boarding1833

slate-board1842

break-back1856

parapet line1886

sunroof1889

overcloak1896

roof jack1913

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [adjective] > type of roof

thatched1467

side?a1475

thacked1530

vaulted1552

shingleda1563

slated1611

unshingled1611

high-pitch1614

slate-pointed1648

killesed1649

hipped1663

pantiledc1672

overpitched1677

underpitched1677

low-pitcheda1684

pitched1773

theeked1792

peaked1797

shingle1810

thackless1810

choppered1818

wagon-headed1823

unlathed1854

break-back1856

shingly1857

saddleback1861

scaled1862

gambrelled1863

thatchy1864

weather-slated1870

thatchless1882

weather-tiled1887

monopitch1941

tile-roofed1962

1856 S. G. Goodrich Recoll. 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.

1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

> as lemmas

break-back n. a sudden backward movement (see also sense 5, and break-back adj. 2).

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun] > sudden

break-back1920

1920 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 196/2 This ‘break-back’ of his had certainly been a brilliant achievement.

1960 E. S. Higham & W. J. Higham High Speed Rugby xvii. 239 If the scrum-half tries a blindside run, the flank will follow him round just far enough to make a break-back impossible.

break-back n. Tennis the action or an act of breaking an opponent's serve after losing one's own serve earlier in the set.

ΚΠ

1955 Irish Times 16 July 3/7 Jackson fought hard to secure the break back after Egan had saved three game points.

1982 Times of India 24 Nov. 13/6 Two trouble-free patches gave him two break-backs and parity, at four-all.

2016 Advocate (Burnie, Tasmania) (Nexis) 22 Jan. 60 There was no break-back as Ferrer held on before serving out a two-sets-to-love lead.

单词	break-back
释义	break-backadj. Etymology: < break v. + back n.¹; compare breakneck adj. and n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbreak-back. 1. That breaks the back; crushing, over heavy. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > causing weariness or exhaustion > esp. through labour travailousa1382 laboriousc1410 travailsome1549 break-back1556 toilsome?1570 toilful1573 back-aching1603 back-breaking1904 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lxxii. 16 Our breakbacke burdens. 1607 J. Davies Summa Totalis sig. H1^v All breake-backe Crosses, which we vndergo. 1822 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 29 June 813 All the break-back and sweat-extracting work. 2. Of a roof: having the lower portion at a different angle from the upper. Also elliptical as n. U.S. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > other parts of roof water1703 flanching1833 slate-boarding1833 slate-board1842 break-back1856 parapet line1886 sunroof1889 overcloak1896 roof jack1913 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [adjective] > type of roof thatched1467 side?a1475 thacked1530 vaulted1552 shingleda1563 slated1611 unshingled1611 high-pitch1614 slate-pointed1648 killesed1649 hipped1663 pantiledc1672 overpitched1677 underpitched1677 low-pitcheda1684 pitched1773 theeked1792 peaked1797 shingle1810 thackless1810 choppered1818 wagon-headed1823 unlathed1854 break-back1856 shingly1857 saddleback1861 scaled1862 gambrelled1863 thatchy1864 weather-slated1870 thatchless1882 weather-tiled1887 monopitch1941 tile-roofed1962 1856 S. G. Goodrich Recoll. 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. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). > as lemmas break-back break-back n. the breaking in of a ball from the off side (i.e. with a right-handed bowler).extracted from breakn.¹ break-back break-back n. a sudden backward movement (see also sense 5, and break-back adj. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun] > sudden break-back1920 1920 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 196/2 This ‘break-back’ of his had certainly been a brilliant achievement. 1960 E. S. Higham & W. J. Higham High Speed Rugby xvii. 239 If the scrum-half tries a blindside run, the flank will follow him round just far enough to make a break-back impossible. extracted from breakn.¹ break-back break-back n. Tennis the action or an act of breaking an opponent's serve after losing one's own serve earlier in the set. ΚΠ 1955 Irish Times 16 July 3/7 Jackson fought hard to secure the break back after Egan had saved three game points. 1982 Times of India 24 Nov. 13/6 Two trouble-free patches gave him two break-backs and parity, at four-all. 2016 Advocate (Burnie, Tasmania) (Nexis) 22 Jan. 60 There was no break-back as Ferrer held on before serving out a two-sets-to-love lead. extracted from breakn.¹ < adj.1556 as lemmas
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