1. (of a lathe) equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of the spindle from that of the driving pulley; - Example: "a back-geared lathe" [syn: back-geared, double-geared]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
back-geared
adj 1: (of a lathe) equipped with gearing for reducing the speed
of the spindle from that of the driving pulley; "a back-
geared lathe" [syn: back-geared, double-geared]