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Backboard   Listen
noun
Backboard  n.  
1.
A board which supports the back when one is sitting; 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 paddles into the interior of the wheel.
5.
A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure.





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"Backboard" Quotes from Famous Books



... making bundles, preparing for the flitting, with a heaving breast; till, on the fifth day, a van stood loaded with their things at the hall- door, and she, with untidy hair, was helping heave the last trunk upon the backboard, when the carman said: "Mrs. Mackenzie says, mum, the things mustn't be took to the cottage, except ...
— The Lord of the Sea • M. P. Shiel
... of rubber cloth is gored to fit around the body, and is tacked to each side piece, a rubber cord fastened to each strip, and running around the front of the well, serving to keep it down, and the after ends being tucked in between the backboard and the body, all falling off in ...
— Harper's Young People, April 27, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various


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