scaleback

See also: scale back

English

Etymology 1

From scale +‎ back.

Alternative forms

scale-back

Noun

scaleback (plural scalebacks)

  1. (archaic) Any member of numerous species of marine annelids of the Polynoidae family, with two rows of scale-like elytra along the back[1]
    Synonym: scale worm

Etymology 2

Deverbal from scale back.

Noun

scaleback (plural scalebacks)

  1. An operation by which something is scaled back or reduced.
    Synonym: scaledown
    Budgetary constraints led to a scaleback in quality.

References

  1. ^ *“scaleback”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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