holdback

See also: hold back

English

Etymology

hold +‎ back

Noun

holdback (plural holdbacks)

1. restraint (act or result of holding back, device that restrains)
2. The projection or loop, on the thill of a vehicle, to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going downhill, or in backing.
3. The strap or part of the harness so used.

Translations

restraint

• Bulgarian: задръжка (bg) f (zadrǎžka), пречка (bg) f (prečka)
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “holdback”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)