Associations to the word «Backcourt»

Wiktionary

BACKCOURT, noun. (chiefly Scotland) A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building.
BACKCOURT, 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.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.