Backboard : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Backboard	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Backboard
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
backboard n a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball; "he banked the shot off the backboard" Synonym(s): backboard, basketball backboard a board used to support the back of someone or something
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Backboard \Back"board`\, n. [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.