Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Reversing

Reversing , adjective

Serving to effect reversal, as of motion; capable of being reversed.
Collocations (2)
Reversing engine , a steam engine having a reversing gear by means of which it can be made to run in either direction at will.
Reversing gear (Machinery) , gear for reversing the direction of rotation at will.