Crossword clues for layback
layback
Wiktionary
n. (context figure skating English) A spin in which the head and shoulders are dropped backwards and the back arched downwards toward the ice. Also called a layback spin vb. (cx climbing English) To climb using layback maneuvers.
Usage examples of "layback".
The skater went into a final layback spin, looking like a ballerina on a music box.
She replaces her mask and begins a layback, shoving the fingers of both hands in the crack, putting the soles of both boots against the wall just below her hands, and pulling herself out to the side so that she can walk sideways up one of the walls.
The three women and two men demonstrated fancy ice-skating moves, jumps so high they could twist around three times, layback spins, midair splits.
She let go of the skate and went into a fast layback spin, her head and arms bent as far back as they could reach.