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Definitions from Wiktionary (turnback)

noun:  (attributive) Part of a garment that is turned back.
noun:  (basketry) The turning back of a weaver around another element.
noun:  The act of turning back a boat containing immigrants.
noun:  The strap from the hames to the hip-strap, on a horse.
noun:  A place, e.g. on a railway, where vehicles can reverse direction, i.e. turn back.
noun:  (US) A cadet at a military academy who fails a class and has to retake it.

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