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Definition of Layback
1. Noun. (figure skating) A spin in which the head and shoulders are dropped backwards and the back arched downwards toward the ice. Also called a layback spin ¹
2. Noun. (climbing) A maneuver to scale a vertical crack, by pulling with the arms and jamming the legs underneath, and shuffling up on limb at a time. ¹
3. Noun. (surfing) A surf maneuver where the upright surfer leans back against the wave. ¹
4. Noun. (skateboarding snowboarding) A trick where the boarder leans back while on the lip of the ramp, or down a rail. ¹
5. Noun. (context: audio editting) The process of recording the final sound onto the master track. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Layback
1. to use a certain method of climbing [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Layback
Literary usage of Layback
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tire Repairing and Vulcanizing by Henry Horace Tufford (1918)
"Method of making Double layback. CUTTING DOWN A COMPLETE layback SECTION: 1. ...
This is for the single layback section. When the tread is laid back run it ..."
2. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton, Alexander Charles Boyd (1878)
"The measures adopted by Austria, Russia, and Prussia, at Congress of ^he Congress
of Troppau and layback, in respect to the *nd of Lay- Neapolitan ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1841)
"... and who were willing to attack rather than to abide the enemy, and allowed
the captive conquered monarchs to repair to layback, to abjure their oaths, ..."
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