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What does turnback mean?

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Noun
  1. (attributive) Part of a garment that is turned back.
  2. The act of turning back a boat containing immigrants.
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The uniform of the RĂ©giment de la Reine is characterized by a greyish-white justaucorps with red turnback cuffs decorated with three buttons, and with eight buttons on the pockets.
The federal government has adopted a policy of extreme secrecy on asylum seeker movements at sea and refuses to confirm whether turnback operations have occurred.
Those failures led to two in-flight engine shutdowns and the turnback of a third airplane.
He also argued that all of those involved in turnback operations were protected by statutory immunities contained in the Migration Act.
Turnback crossovers along the line, including in the street section, have point indicators.
And while use of the lifeboats and turnback operations continue, experts in maritime and international law have also expressed concerns about the legality of the policy.

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