turnback

== English == === Etymology === Deverbal from turn back. === Noun === turnback (countable and uncountable, plural turnbacks) (attributive) Part of a garment that is turned back. (basketry) The turning back of a weaver around another element. The act of turning back a boat containing immigrants. Coordinate term: turnaway The strap from the hames to the hip-strap, on a horse. A place, e.g. on a railway, where vehicles can reverse direction, i.e. turn back. (US) A cadet at a military academy who fails a class and has to retake it. === References === “turnback”, in Collins English Dictionary.