Wiktionary
sweptback
a. 1 (context of an aircraft wing English) angled backwards from its attachment to the fuselage 2 (context of a hairstyle English) backswept
WordNet
sweptback
adj. (especially of aircraft wings) angled rearward from the point of attachment; "aircraft with sweptback wings"
used of hair [syn: backswept]
Usage examples of "sweptback".
The entire craft is delta-shaped a pair of sweptback wings or fins without a body proper.
Softly toward the bow, where they went past the sonar sphere and then made a sharp turn into the other sweptback portion of the submarine.