backband

1. 1.

   a broad band that passes over the back of a horse and supports the shafts of a vehicle

   Broaderband

Other forms of backband

plural

backbands·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about backband

What does backband mean?

backband means "a broad band that passes over the back of a horse and supports the shafts of a vehicle".

How many syllables are in backband?

backband has 2 syllables: back-band. The stress falls on "back".

Is backband a common word?

backband is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.