| BACKCLOTH | • backcloth n. The painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop. • back-cloth n. Alternative spelling of backcloth. • BACKCLOTH n. the painted cloth or curtain at the back of the stage. |
| BACKCOURT | • backcourt n. (Chiefly Scotland) A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building. • backcourt n. (Basketball) A team’s defensive half of the court; the part of the court where the other team’s basket… • BACKCOURT n. in lawn tennis, that part of the court lying behind the service line. |
| COATRACKS | • coatracks n. Plural of coatrack. • coat-racks n. Plural of coat-rack. • coat␣racks n. Plural of coat rack. |
| COCKATEEL | • cockateel n. Archaic form of cockatiel. • COCKATEEL n. (Dutch) a small crested parrot of Australia, also COCKATIEL. |
| COCKATIEL | • cockatiel n. Nymphicus hollandicus, a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest, native… • COCKATIEL n. (Dutch) a small crested parrot of Australia, also COCKATEEL. |
| COCKATOOS | • cockatoos n. Plural of cockatoo. • COCKATOO n. (Malay) a bird of the parrot family. |
| COCKBOATS | • cockboats n. Plural of cockboat. • cock-boats n. Plural of cock-boat. • COCKBOAT n. a small boat. |
| COCKMATCH | • cockmatch n. (Archaic) A cockfight. • COCKMATCH n. a cockfight. |
| COCKTAILS | • cocktails n. Plural of cocktail. • COCKTAIL v. to dock a horse's tail. |
| COUNTBACK | • countback n. (Sports) A procedure used to determine which of two equal finishers is the winner, based on past performance. • COUNTBACK n. a system of deciding the winner of a tied competition by comparing earlier points or scores. |
| CRACKPOTS | • crackpots n. Plural of crackpot. • CRACKPOT n. an eccentric person. |
| HEATHCOCK | • heathcock n. Alternative form of heath cock. • Heathcock prop.n. A surname transferred from the nickname. • heath␣cock n. The male black grouse. |
| MATCHLOCK | • matchlock n. Early type of firearm, using a smoldering piece of cord to fire the powder in the firing pan. • matchlock n. The gunlock used in such a weapon, having a slow smouldering match, see: slow match. • MATCHLOCK n. an early form of gun. |
| NOTCHBACK | • notchback n. A motor car whose rear window makes an angle with its back segment. • NOTCHBACK n. a car whose roof does not slope continuously from the roof to the bumper, but juts out from the bottom of the rear window. |
| PACKCLOTH | • packcloth n. A strong, coarse cloth used for packaging. • PACKCLOTH n. a cloth in which goods are enclosed. |
| PATCHOCKE | • PATCHOCKE n. (Spenser) perhaps a clown, also PATCHCOCKE. |
| SACKCLOTH | • sackcloth n. A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks. • sackcloth n. (Usually with “and ashes”, also figurative) Garments worn as an act of penance. • sackcloth adj. Made of sackcloth. |
| STOCKCARS | • stockcars n. Plural of stockcar. • stock␣cars n. Plural of stock car. • STOCKCAR n. a boxcar for carrying livestock. |
| TOUCHBACK | • touchback n. (American football) The result of a play (usually a kickoff or punt) in which the ball passes out the… • TOUCHBACK n. a play in which the ball is dead on or behind a team's own goal line, having been put across the line by an opponent but actually put down by a member of that team. |