backboards

Noun (1)

backboard (plural backboards)

1. The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.
2. A flat vertical wall with the image of a tennis net drawn or painted on it, designed to practice hitting against such that the ball rebounds.
3. A spine board.
4. A board placed at the back of a cart, boat, behind a signal, etc.
   • The L.B.S.C.R. favoured backboards for signals wherever these helped visibility. The Great Eastern also made extensive use of backboards.1957 June, S. C. Crowther-Smith, “Lower Quadrant”, in Railway Magazine, page 422

Noun (2)

backboard (usually uncountable, plural backboards)

1. (usually) The port or larboard side of a ship
   • And to delight in the fact that a hole on the backboard side means that you're safe because you're sitting on the starboard side seems to me to be less than clever.2013, Klaus Backhaus, Hurdle Race Marketing

   Synonyms:

   port, larboard, leeboard, left

   Antonyms:

   starboard

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