backhaul

American  

[bak-hawl] / ˈbækˌhɔl /

noun

1. the return trip of a vehicle, as a truck, transporting cargo or freight, especially when carrying goods back over all or part of the same route.

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Etymology

Origin of backhaul

back ² + haul

Example Sentences

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backhaul

This is driven by rising demand for 5G fiber backhaul, data center connectivity and new submarine cable capacity, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Revenue from Telekom Malaysia’s wholesale business arm, TM Global, could grow on quarter from bandwidth deals and initial 5G backhaul contributions, the analyst adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

The Pro 6E Eeros also support wired backhaul for directly connecting the nodes at 1Gbps speeds.

From The Verge ● May 5, 2022

These sites have to be connected to each other via network backhaul, either wirelessly or with fiber.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2016

They’d done exactly one of those, at a Toronto District School Board superintendents meeting, when Alan had gotten the idea of using schools’ flagpoles and backhaul as test beds for building out the net.

From Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Doctorow, Cory