Category:Right-about

Right"-a*bout`, n. Etym: [right, adv. + about, adv.]

Defn: a turning directly about by the right, so as to face in the Opposite direction; also, the quarter directly opposite; as, to turn To the right-about. To send to the right-about, to cause to turn Toward the opposite point or quarter; -- hence, of troops, to cause To turn and retreat. [colloq.] Sir w. Scott.