(of a water wheel) Having the water introduced just behind the summit, combining the advantages of breastshot and overshot systems, since the full amount of the potential energy released by the falling water is harnessed as the water descends the back of the wheel.

simple past tense and past participle of backshoot

(chiefly sports) A shot that sends something backwards, such as a shot that sends the ball behind the player making it.

plural of backshot