backing

noun

1. 1

   Support, especially financial.

   It's a volunteer organization that works with backing from the city and a few grants.

2. 2

   A liner or other material added behind or underneath.

   The cardboard backing gives the notebook a little extra stiffness.

   An old print was discovered some time ago in an arch at Waterloo Dock Goods Station[,] Liverpool, in use as a backing on which to write time sheets.

   In general, the locomotives are painted dark green; the numberplates are brass, with a red backing, and are usually carried on the tank side.

3. 3

   A backdrop.

   The simplest and cheapest answer is to introduce a scenic backing of some kind, a backdrop, a drape, some flats to restrict the shot and obscure whatever is outside.

4. 4

   Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer.

5. 5

   The mounting of a horse or other animal.

6. 6

   The action of putting something back; a switching into reverse.

adjective

1. 1

   Providing support for the main performer.

verb

1. 1

   Also a form of backpresent participle and gerund of back

Forms

plural

backings