[cf. US back street a street lying in a back area or running behind the main buildings in a town; back road a road, esp. an inferior one, leading or lying away from the main one DAB; cf. CORNER sidestreet] n. any street other than the FRONT STREET or main street running along the sea: 1796 Shirley Street, formerly named Back Road (Bahama Gazette, July 1). (Gen.)