back-check

[ bak-chek ]

verb (used without object)Ice Hockey.

to skate back toward one's defensive zone obstructing or impeding the movement or progress of one or more opponents on attack.: Compare check¹ (def. 15), fore-check.

verb (used with object)

to check over or through; review: Back-check the files to see if the patient's records are there.

Origin of back-check

¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Words Nearby back-check

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How to use back-check in a sentence

The back catch has no mark in the cut, but is explained below in connection with the "back check."
Piano Tuning | J. Cree Fischer
BC, is the back check which is simply a piece of wood with a thick piece of felt glued to the inner face and suspended on a wire.
Piano Tuning | J. Cree Fischer
BCW, back check wire supporting the back check, and screwed to the wippen.
Piano Tuning | J. Cree Fischer

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