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Definition of Backbands
1. backband [n] - See also: backband
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backbands
Literary usage of Backbands
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1860)
"... for curb-chains or watch-chains, or backbands of carts, is that it lies flat.
A coachman by hard pulling against a curb bit, used to roughen who thought ..."
2. Indiana Magazine of History by Indiana Historical Society, Indiana State Library (1909)
"... and their appurtenances, such as clevises, &c ; io leather collars, io pair
of Haims, io Pair of iron chains, & io backbands, 50 Axes, 6 Mattocks, ..."
3. A Glossary of Words Used in Swaledale, Yorkshire by John Harland (1876)
"backbands, the chain that crosses the cart-saddle and hooks to the shafts for
attaching the horse. ..."
4. Records of The Scottish Settlers In The River Plate and their Churches by James Dodds (1897)
"0 16 0 8 neck bindings at 2s. 8d. . . . .114 8 neck collars at 14s. . . . 5 12
0 8 pairs hams and s£raps at 6s. . . . 280 8 plough backbands at ..."
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