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noun
Backboard  n.  
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.
5.
A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure.





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"Backboard" Quotes from Famous Books



... for an ox-bow was dug out of a log of wood. Oftener a plank of wood was cut into the desired shape as a frame or mould, and fastened to a heavy backboard. The ox-bow was steamed, placed in the bow-mould, pinned ...
— Home Life in Colonial Days • Alice Morse Earle


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