(nautical) To manage the sails of a ship so that the wind strikes them alternately in front and behind, in order to keep the ship in the middle of a river or channel while the current or tide carries the vessel against the wind.

simple past tense of take back

present participle of take back

past participle of take back

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of take back

An electrolarynx.

plural of back-bencher

(US) The remote part of a farm. / (US, idiomatic) The most remote or inaccessible part of any place.

In horse racing, to bet against a particular horse or horses, that some one of all the other horses, collectively designated "the field", will win.

The inside face of the low, and usually thin, piece of wall between the window sill and the floor below.