Noun

(en noun)

(figure skating) A spin in which the head and shoulders are dropped backwards and the back arched downwards toward the ice. Also called a layback spin

*{{quote-news, year=2008, date=January 24, author=Pat Borzi, title=Figure Skating's Next Ones Are Closing in on Their Moment, work=New York Times citation

, passage=Mirai Nagasu, like Zhang a promising 14-year-old, showed equally astonishing flexibility on a layback spin Wednesday, leaning so far that the back of her head nearly touched her backside. }}

(climbing) A maneuver to scale a vertical crack, by pulling with the arms and jamming the legs underneath, and shuffling up on limb at a time.

*{{quote-news

, year=2006 , date=July 2 , author=Antonio Graceffo , title=A Day of Rocks and Sea: Kayaking and Climbing in Taiwan , work=asiantribune.com citation , page= , passage=A layback', on the other hand, forces you to pull with your arms. A '''layback''' can protrude so far from the main rock face, that your legs will be dangling uselessly in the air, while your arms support all of your body weight. The tricky thing about the ' layback is that not only do you need the upper-body strength to hold yourself up and climb hand over hand, but you also need the flexibility and balance to clear the edge of the overhang.}}

(surfing) A surf maneuver where the upright surfer leans back against the wave.

(skateboarding, snowboarding) A trick where the boarder leans back while on the lip of the ramp, or down a rail.

(audio editing) The process of recording the final sound onto the master track.

A short backwards pass to a teammate in an attacking position

* {{quote-news, year=2000

, date=October 25 , author=Daniel Taylor , title=Radzinski double floors United , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=Only a fine interception from Mickael Silvestre denied the marauding Czech international an early chance from Tomasz Radzinski's layback and, as United struggled to find any momentum, their hosts threatened to overwhelm them.}}

Noun

(en noun)

(usually, uncountable) The act of laying something down

*{{quote-book, 1992, T.S. Shuler et al., Polymer Modified Asphalt Binders, chapter=Design and Construction of Asphalt Concrete Using Polymer Modified Asphalt Binders citation

, passage=However, significant smoke was observed during laydown of this mixture. }}

(publishing) A physical mockup or layout of a page design

*{{quote-book, 2006, Susan Linnet Cox, Photo Styling citation

, passage=It was a week's worth of laydowns portraying the full line of athletic clothing for that season

(military) A pattern of deployment

*{{quote-book, 1984, Ashton B. Carter et al., Ballistic Missile Defense citation

, passage=The offense could contrive a variety of laydowns to intensify the defense's problems.}}

(bridge) A hand which is so strong that the declarer can simply expose it and claim the number of tricks required by his or her contract

*{{quote-news, 2008, December 26, Phillip Alder, Set the Toys Aside and Listen to What the Cards Are Saying, The New York Times citation

, passage=North-South rested in five spades, with grand slams in spades and clubs laydown .}}

(fishing) A tree fallen in water, where anglers might target fish

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