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Definition of Backcourt
1. Noun. (context: chiefly Scotland) A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building. ¹
2. Noun. (basketball) A team's defensive half of the court; the part of the court where the other team's basket is located, or the guards playing in that area. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Backcourt
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backcourt
Literary usage of Backcourt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Methods and Players of Modern Lawn Tennis by Jahial Parmly Paret (1922)
"GM CHURCH : If my opponent is at the net, yes; if he is in the backcourt, no.
WM WASHBURN : No. ELIA FOTTRELL: No. CLARENCE HOBART: No. ..."
2. The Rhine by Victor Hugo, David Mitchell Aird (1843)
"Thus a corps of the thirteenth century, a belfry of the fourteenth, a porch and
backcourt of the time of Maximilian, and a hall of that of Charles the Fifth ..."
3. The Rhine by Victor Hugo, David Mitchell Aird (1843)
"Thus a corps of the thirteenth century, a belfry of the fourteenth, a porch and
backcourt of the time of Maximilian, and a hall of that of Charles the Fifth ..."
4. Eat Your Food! Gastronomical Glory from Garden to Gut: A Coastalfields by Aaron Brachfeld, Aaron Brachfeld and Mary Choate, Mary Choate (2007)
"backcourt: Back third of the court, in the area of the back boundary lines.
Balk (Feint): Any deceptive movement that disconcerts an opponent before or ..."
5. Sister Anne: A Romance by Marian James (1856)
"The window had not been cleaned recently, and only a dim view was obtainable of
the small and desolate backcourt outside, ..."
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