the position of the offensive back on a football team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage (football) the person who plays tailback
the position of the offensive back on a football team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage
{i} player who is stationed farthest behind the scrimmage line; position played by the tailback (Football); long line of traffic that stretches back from an intersection or other obstacle (British)
A tailback is a long line of traffic stretching back along a road, which moves very slowly or not at all, for example because of road works or an accident. The flooding led to six-mile tailbacks between west London and Heathrow Airport