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tieback
[ tahy-bak ]
noun
- a strip or loop of material, heavy braid, or the like, used for holding a curtain back to one side.
- a curtain having such a device.
tieback
/ ˈ³Ù²¹ÉªËŒ²úæ°ì /
noun
- a length of cord, ribbon, or other fabric used for tying a curtain to one side
- a curtain having such a device
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of tieback1
First recorded in 1875–80; noun use of verb phrase tie back
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Vertical steel columns were also warped, wall tiebacks were broken and horizontal anchors into the dirt could have been damaged.
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The money was used to build a massive concrete wall with tieback anchors, a giant mass of soil called a buttress, and subdrains to move rainwater.
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But price gains are increasingly coming from sectors with a less clear-cut, obviously temporary pandemic tieback.
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The picture ends with a jolting tieback to “Avengers: Infinity War.â€
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These "tiebacks" allow producers to feed oil from remote regions of fields that previously went untapped.
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