BACKFALL


Meaning of BACKFALL in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

Etymology: back (III) + fall

1. obsolete : a descending appoggiatura in music

2. : the sloping surface in a beater or washing engine down which paper pulp passes on leaving the knives

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