Usually means: Harness strap around horse's back.
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  1. backband: Merriam-Webster
  2. backband: Collins English Dictionary
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  8. Backband: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. backband: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  11. Backband: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. backband: FreeDictionary.org
  13. backband: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  15. backband: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (backband)

▸ noun:  (historical) A band that passes over the back of a horse and holds up the shafts of a carriage.

Similar:
backing band, browband, breechen, horse, horseback, bandwaggon, bandwagon, straddle, backing, breeching, more...

Opposite:
frontband, foreband, headband

Types:
corset, girdle, stays, bustier, more...

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Similar:
backing band, browband, breechen, horse, horseback, bandwaggon, bandwagon, straddle, backing, breeching, more...

Opposite:
frontband, foreband, headband

Types:
corset, girdle, stays, bustier, more...



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