backwrap

A portion of something that is wrapped backward.

Noun

  1. A portion of something that is wrapped backward.
    • Fresh and cool as a crocus, this pretty dress is designed with a cleverly concealed backwrap. - 1940, Fashions of the Hour, page 27:
    • NEW STRING-UP GUN PREVENTS BACKWRAPS Take up yarn at 4,000 meters per minute with high tension that prevents backwraps. - 1971, Textile Industries, volume 135, page 9:
  2. A word wrap feature that restores a word to the preceding line when space is made for it by deletion.

Origin

From back- + wrap.

Forms

backwraps

Verb

  1. To wrap around the back of something.
    • After applying insulation boards, adhere reinforcing mesh to the board surface. This mesh must wrap around any exposed edge of the insulation board. (This is called backwrapping.) - 1999, Leon A. Frechette, Build...
    • The insulation boards should be backwrapped at terminations, with the mesh fully embedded in the base coat. - 2015, Linda Brock, Designing the Exterior Wall:
  2. To restore a word to the preceding line when space is made for it by deletion.
    • Backwrapping words occurs when enough text is deleted to permit one or more words to be formatted into the shortened line. - 1983, The Seybold Report on Professional Computing, page 19:

Forms

backwraps backwrapping backwrapped