backwood

== English == === Etymology === From back +‎ wood; compare backwater. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbækˌwʊd/ === Adjective === backwood (not comparable) Native to or located in a remote rural location. 1885, G. A. Henty, True to the Old Flag, chapter 1 — A Frontier Farm: The house itself, although far more spacious and comfortable than the majority of backwood farmhouses, was built in the usual fashion, of solid logs, and was evidently designed to resist attack. Rustic, unsophisticated, countrified. ==== Related terms ==== backwoods