back¹ n [ = shoulders and upper dorsal area of a human being]. Cp OED ~ 3: ~ load (1725-), DAE ~ load¹ (1806-) for literal sense.
   Comb back-burn: amount carried on shoulders, esp a load of wood; BURN².
   1937 DEVINE 7 ~ a backload of firewood. C 67-4 [legend) A man was put in the moon as a punishment for repeatedly cutting wood on Sunday, and was made to carry a back-burn of wood for the rest of time.
   back-load: an exceptionally large amount.
   T 44-64 They could see these salt water ducks and all they had to do was grab their gun and go and bring home a back-load of 'em... You'd have to travel twenty miles by foot with a back-load of clothes in preparation for the winter. P 148-66 You've got a back-load [of sandwiches] there.
   back-turn: see back-burn: TURN.
   P 148-64 A back-turn of trout [was brought home]. Q 67-37 A back-turn of wood is as much wood as you could carry on your back.

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