What is "backboards"

Usage examples of "backboards".

The room itself had the look of a gymnasium, but Sin saw no court lines painted on the parquet floor, nor any basketball backboards hanging on the walls.

He was interested in the future of the playground equip­ment: the cracked-clay volleyball court, the field-hockey field, and the basketball backboards and hoops — the nets were long since rotted away.

He was interested in the future of the playground equipment: the cracked-clay volleyball court, the field-hockey field, and the basketball backboards and hoops—the nets were long since rotted away.

The basketball court was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen, the wood worn smooth by years of running feet, the glass backboards freshly marked for the summer season, the nets still white.