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English
Etymology
From back + court.
Noun
backcourt (plural backcourts)
- (chiefly Scotland) A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building.
2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 77:Some backcourts had wee outside buildings. They had caved-in roofs and tile chimneys broke off and all smashed windows.
2011 January 8, Brian McHugh, The Guardian:Each unique backcourt was an adventure playground with walls to be climbed, chasms to be leaped and dustbins to be raked through and pillaged.
2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 16:'The locus is Crawford Street?' 'One of the backcourts sir, as far as I understand.'
- (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.
2009 January 2, Howard Beck, “Knicks Will Continue to Be Walsh’s Work in Progress in 2009”, in New York Times:So the Knicks, who began the season with a depleted frontcourt, have muddled through the last six weeks with a depleted backcourt as well.
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