Definition of backbend
: a movement or pose (as in gymnastics or yoga) in which the body is arched backwards … this action supports your lower back and generates a strong lift of the belly out of the pelvis to help release the spine into a deep backbend. — Barbara Benagh
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First Known Use of backbend
1946
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