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backstretch definition

☆ back·stretch (-strec̸h′)

noun

  1. the part of a racetrack farthest from the grandstand and opposite and parallel to the homestretch
  2. the barn area adjacent to a racetrack where horses are stabled and grooms and other horse attendants have temporary living quarters

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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