backhaul
back·haul [ ˈbak-¦hȯl]
[ˈbak-¦hȯl]
plural backhauls
1 : the return movement of a transportation vehicle from the direction of its principal haul especially transporting a shipment back over part or all of the route
2 telecommunications : the physical part of a communications network between the central backbone and the individual local networks
… the data flows along the power lines for about a kilometer before it’s siphoned off the line and into an optical fiber or cellular-based backhaul system.— David Schneider, IEEE Spectrum, July 2009 First Known Use of backhaul
Noun
1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb, transitive + intransitive
1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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