BACKBOARD

n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A board which supports the back wen one is sitting;

2.
n.

A board serving as the back part of anything, as of a wagon.

3.
n.

A thin stuff used for the backs of framed pictures, mirrors, etc.

4.
n.

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.
n.

A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure. Thackeray.


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