Backband
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Backband is a noun meaning (historical) A strap that passes over the back of a horse, used to hold up the shafts of a carriage.
Meaning
(historical) A strap that passes over the back of a horse, used to hold up the shafts of a carriage.
Example Sentences
The first "Troy" coach put on the road came in 1829. It was a great novelty, but some hundreds of them were soon throwing the dust of Maryland and Pennsylvania into the air. Their cost then was between four and six hundred dollars. The harness used on the road was of giant proportions. The backbands were often fifteen inches wide, and the hip bands, ten. The traces were chains with short thick links and very heavy.
Word Forms
- backbands
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include browband, breechen, horse, horseback, bandwaggon, bandwagon.
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