Definition of Backboards. Meaning of Backboards. Synonyms of Backboards

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Definition of Backboards

Backboard
Backboard Back"board`, n. [2nd back, n. + board.] 1. A board which supports the back wen one is sitting; Note: 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 paddies into the interior of the wheel. --W. Nicholson. 5. A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure. --Thackeray.

Meaning of Backboards from wikipedia

- NBA: Shaq-proof Backboards". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved Apr 25, 2017. Brennan, Eamonn (10 January 2010). "How Gallon's broken backboard happened". ESPN...
- because of opaque wooden backboards. As a result, the Nurre Mirror Plate Company in Bloomington was emplo**** to create new backboards that contained 1+1⁄2-inch-thick...
- up backboard or back board in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Backboard may refer to: Backboard (basketball), equipment used in basketball Backboard (tennis)...
- ambulance staff, as well as li****uards and ski patrollers. Historically, backboards were also used in an attempt to "improve the posture" of young people...
- first basic strokes by playing for hours at public courts backboards. Though the backboard's death has been touted more than once, many still believe that...
- were used until 1906 when they were finally replaced by metal hoops with backboards. A further change was soon made, so the ball merely p****ed through. Whenever...
- reducing the shattering of backboards. In 1979, Erving's teammate and center Darryl Dawkins twice shattered NBA backboards with dunks leading to a quickly-enacted...
- Darryl Dawkins broke two backboards: one at Kansas City's Muni****l Auditorium on November 13, 1979, and a second backboard 23 days later at the Philadelphia...
- hockey goals also include sideboards and a backboard, which stand 50 cm (20 in) from the ground. The backboard runs the full 3.66 m (12.0 ft) width of the...
- basketball equipment, consisting of the rim and net. It hangs from the backboard. The first basket was a peach basket installed by James Naismith. The...