'Backboard' definitions:
Definition of 'backboard'
From: WordNet
noun
A raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball; "he banked the shot off the backboard" [syn: backboard, basketball backboard]
noun
A board used to support the back of someone or something
Definition of 'Backboard'
From: GCIDE
- Backboard \Back"board`\, n. [2d back, n. + board.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A board which supports the back when one is sitting; specifically, the board athwart the after part of a boat. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A board serving as the back part of anything, as of a wagon. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A thin stuff used for the backs of framed pictures, mirrors, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]