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Definition of Sweptback
1. Adjective. (especially of aircraft wings) angled rearward from the point of attachment. "Aircraft with sweptback wings"
2. Adjective. Used of hair.
Definition of Sweptback
1. Adjective. (context: of an aircraft wing) angled backwards from its attachment to the fuselage ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a hairstyle) backswept ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sweptback
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweptback
Literary usage of Sweptback
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Kingdoms of Ahn Daowen: Storms of Espyrea by E. P. Harlow (2007)
"Standing little more than half as tall as Andree, his healthy, sweptback mane of
thick, silver hair nearly doubled the height of his head, and his rigid, ..."
2. Kingdoms of Ahn Daowen: Storms of Espyrea by E. P. Harlow (2007)
"Standing little more than half as tall as Andree, his healthy, sweptback mane of
thick, silver hair nearly doubled the height of his head, and his rigid, ..."
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