backboard
backboard is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A board serving as the back part of anything, as of a wagon.
- 2.A thin stuff used for the backs of framed pictures, mirrors, etc.
- 3.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.
- 4.A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure. Thackeray.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is a board serving as the back part of anything, as of a wagon called?
- What is a thin stuff used for the backs of framed pictures, mirrors, etc called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is a board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure. Thackeray called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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