A nautical command or exclamation, possibly relating to backing away or reversing; used historically on ships.
From back + are (uncertain). This appears to be an archaic or dialectal nautical term, possibly from Early Modern English seafaring vocabulary.
Backare is one of those rare historical words that reveals how sailors had their own specialized vocabulary—ship language was so distinct that outsiders couldn't understand crew communications.
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