Found 2 items, similar to backboard.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: backboard backboard n 1: a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball; “he banked the shot off the backboard” [syn: basketball backboard] 2: a board used to support the back of someone or something
English → English (gcide) Definition: Backboard 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]