vis-a-tergo

Updated: May 3, 2025

And here, no sooner did the vis-a-tergo impel Billy forward than a severe rap of a closed fist in the eye drove him back, and in one instant he became the centre to a periphery of kicks, cuffs, pullings, and haulings that left the poor deputy-grand not only orange, but blue.

Charles James Lever - Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1