backstress
English
Etymology 1
back + stress
Noun
backstress (plural backstresses)
- (engineering) A long-range internal stress.
Etymology 2
backster + -ess? See backster, baxter.
Noun
backstress (plural backstresses)
- (obsolete) A female baker.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for backstress in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)