Pullback

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pullback \Pull"back`\, n.
     1. That which holds back, or causes to recede; a drawback; a
        hindrance.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Arch) The iron hook fixed to a casement to pull it shut,


        or to hold it party open at a fixed point.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pullback
       n 1: a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for
            holding or drawing something back; "the draperies were
            drawn to the sides by pullbacks" [syn: {tieback}]
       2: (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly
          withdrawal of troops); "the pullback is expected to be
          over 25,000 troops"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "pullback":
     avoidance, bitter-ender, conservative, cringe, curtailment, cut,
     cutback, disengagement, dodge, duck, evasion, fallback, flinch,
     fundamentalist, old liner, pullout, recoil, reculade, retirement,
     retreat, retrenchment, right-winger, rightist, rollback, shy,
     sidestep, sidestepping, standpat, standpatter, tory, wince,
     withdrawal, withdrawment