From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
1. That which holds back, or causes to recede; a drawback; a hindrance.
2. (Arch) The iron hook fixed to a casement to pull it shut, or to hold it party open at a fixed point.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back; "the draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks" [syn: {tieback}]
2: (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops); "the pullback is expected to be over 25,000 troops"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "pullback": avoidance, bitter-ender, conservative, cringe, curtailment, cut, cutback, disengagement, dodge, duck, evasion, fallback, flinch, fundamentalist, old liner, pullout, recoil, reculade, retirement, retreat, retrenchment, right-winger, rightist, rollback, shy, sidestep, sidestepping, standpat, standpatter, tory, wince, withdrawal, withdrawment
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