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Webster 1913 Edition


Backboard

Back′boardˊ

,
Noun.
[2d
back
, n. +
board
.]
1.
A board which supports the back when one is sitting;
specifically,
the board athwart the after part of a boat.
2.
A board serving as the back part of anything, as of a wagon.
3.
A thin stuff used for the backs of framed pictures, mirrors, etc.
4.
A board attached to the rim of a water wheel to prevent the water from running off the floats or paddles into the interior of the wheel.
W. Nicholson.
5.
A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure.
Thackeray.

Webster 1828 Edition


Backboard

BACK'BOARD

,
Noun.
[back and board.] A board placed across the after part of a boat.

Definition 2024


backboard

backboard

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English

Noun

backboard (plural backboards)

  1. (basketball) The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.
  2. (tennis) A flat vertical wall with the image of a tennis net drawn or painted on it. Designed to practice hitting against such that the ball bounces back.
  3. (medicine, first aid) A spine board.

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