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Webster 1913 Edition

Backstress

Back′stress

(băk′strĕs)

,

Noun.

A female baker.

[Obs.]

Definition 2024

backstress

backstress

English

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.