BACKHAUL

Etymology

Verb

backhaul (third-person singular simple present backhauls, present participle backhauling, simple past and past participle backhauled)

To transmit (data or footage) from a remote site to a central site from where it is re-transmitted.

Noun

backhaul (plural backhauls)

(transportation) A return trip after delivery of cargo.

(military) The shipment of material to or through an area from which the material had previously been shipped.

(travel, aviation, fare construction) travel to a destination via a further point, (or a higher fare point), than the destination. (higher intermediate point)

Source: Wiktionary



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