backboard

[ bak-bawrd, -bohrd ]

/ ˈbækˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun

a board placed at or forming the back of anything.

Basketball. a board or other flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.

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Origin of backboard

First recorded in 1755–65; back¹ + board

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Examples from the Web for backboard

Ramos was still showing no signs of life when they got him on a backboard and into the ambulance.
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One of the men jumped down, and fumbled at the iron pins which kept the backboard of the cart in its place.
The Mark Of Cain|Andrew Lang
I helped the girl into the backboard and climbed in beside her.
Harvard Stories|Waldron Kintzing Post
And the men let down the backboard, and they put in all their things: all their poles and the bars and the shovel.
The Doers|William John Hopkins

Already half its weight was supported by the dray's backboard.
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Many of the portraits given in this book plainly show the reign of the backboard.
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British Dictionary definitions for backboard

backboard

/ (ˈbækˌbɔːd) /

noun

a board that is placed behind something to form or support its back

a board worn to straighten or support the back, as after surgery

(in basketball) a flat upright surface supported on a high frame, under which the basket is attached

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Medicine definitions for backboard

backboard

[ băk′bôrd′ ]

n.

A board placed under or behind something to provide firmness or support.

A board placed beneath the body of a person with an injury to the neck or back, used especially in transporting the person in such a way as to avoid further injury.