English

Switchback on a forest trail.

Switchbacks on the Route du Col de Braus (France)

Noun

switchback ‎(plural switchbacks)

1. A zigzag path, road or railway track; especially a railway track in which the train travels in a reverse direction at each switch
2. A hairpin bend.
3. (dated, Britain) A roller coaster.

Translations

Verb

switchback ‎(third-person singular simple present switchbacks, present participle switchbacking, simple past and past participle switchbacked)

1. (of a path etc) To zigzag.

See also

• dogleg
• hairpin