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Backboard

noun

A raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball. Synonym: basketball backboard.

A board used to support the back of someone or something.

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"Backboard" Quotes from Famous Books

... Tim Jones had been dutifully holding the satchel, which he now deposited at Ethelyn's feet, and then, at James' invitation, he sprang into the hinder part of the wagon-box, and sitting down, let his long limbs dangle over the backboard, while James sat partly in Richard's lap and partly in Ethelyn's. It had been decided that the democrat must come down again for the baggage; and so, three on a seat, with Tim Jones holding on behind, Ethelyn was driven through the town, while face after face looked at her from the windows ...

— Ethelyn's Mistake • Mary Jane Holmes

... and lashed the luggage to the buckboard, handling the ropes with the skill of an old sailor. The entire Rodney family and the suitors of Eudora assembled to witness the departure. "It's a heap friendly of you to fret so," was the parting stab of Sarah Yellett to Sally Rodney; and she swung the backboard about, cleared the cactus stumps in the Rodney door-yard, ...

— Judith Of The Plains • Marie Manning

Words linked to "Backboard" : hoops, basketball, basketball backboard, support, basketball game, game equipment