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Holdback   Listen
noun
Holdback  n.  
1.
Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle. "The only holdback is the affection... that we bear to our wealth."
2.
The projection or loop on the thill of a vehicle. to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going down hill, or in backing; also, the strap or part of the harness so used.





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"Holdback" Quotes from Famous Books



... maintained by the pneumogastric nerve (tenth pair of cranial nerves); it is the inhibitory nerve of the heart, and regulates, slows, and governs its action. When the nerve is cut, the heartbeats increase rapidly, and, in fact, the organ works without control. When the nerve is unduly irritated the holdback, or inhibitory force, is increased, and the heart slows up in the same measure. The left cavities of the heart, the pulmonary veins, and the aorta, or systemic artery, contain red or florid blood, fit to circulate through the body. ...
— Special Report on Diseases of the Horse • United States Department of Agriculture


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