See Also: backboard(dictionary)
backboard(dictionary)
Backboard - Basketball(gambling)
backboard splint(medicine)

backboard (iou)



backboard noun & verb. OE.
[from BACK noun1 + BOARD noun.]
A. noun.
Nautical. = PORT noun5. Now Scot., rare or obsolete. OE.
A board placed at or forming the back of anything; esp. (a) one fastened across the back of the shoulders to straighten the figure; (b) one behind the basket in basketball, off which the ball may rebound; (c) one against which tennis-strokes may be practised. M18.
b. verb trans. Subject to the use of a backboard. M19.