棄き背はい

noun

giving up and turning back

Archaic noun meaning to abandon a course of action and retreat. Not used in modern everyday speech; appears only in classical or historical contexts.

• 古こ典てんの軍ぐん記き物もの語がたりでは、敵てきを前まえにして棄き背はいする場ば面めんが描えがかれることがある。

  In classical war tales, there are sometimes scenes where warriors give up and turn back in the face of the enemy.