BACKBOARD

backboard

(noun) a board used to support the back of someone or something

backboard, basketball backboard

(noun) a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball; “he banked the shot off the backboard”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

backboard (plural backboards)

(basketball) The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.

(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.

(medicine, first aid) A spine board.

A board placed at the back of a cart, boat, etc.

Etymology 2

Noun

backboard (usually uncountable, plural backboards)

(nautical) The port or larboard side of a ship

Synonyms: larboard, port

Source: Wiktionary

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Back"board`, n. Etym: [2nd back, n. + board.]

1. A board which supports the back wen one is sitting;

Note: 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 paddies into the interior of the wheel. W. Nicholson.

5. A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure. Thackeray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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