backline
Last defending players
Backline refers to the amplifiers, speakers, and other large equipment positioned at the back of a stage during a live music performance.
Venues or promoters often provide backline so touring musicians don't have to transport heavy gear: The club's backline includes a drum kit and bass amp.
In sports like rugby, the backline is the row of players behind the forwards.
Devices that increase signal
- bassDeep pitch or fish
- drumsStruck membrane instruments
- keyboardsButton grids for input
- speakersAudio output devices
monitors · amps · mixer · soundcheck · roadie · technician · equipment · cables
Protection against harm
- fullbackBlocking backfield position
- wingerSide-positioned team member
- centreEquidistant from all sides
- tryMake an effort
tackle · scrum · backs · threequarter · counterattack · linebreak · overlap · sweeper
One who guards another
- defensemanHockey position guarding goal
- goaltenderPlayer defending the net
- bluelinerHockey defensive player
- creaseLine from folding
breakaway · icing · faceoff · period · rink · puck · clearing · shot blocking
Protection against harm
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
- trenchesElongated ground excavations
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
- garrisonStationed military force
stronghold · bastion · redoubt · rampart · barricade · rear guard · fallback position · entrenchment
amplifiers
Devices that increase signal
speakers · monitors · amps · mixer · soundcheck · roadie · technician · equipment · cables · rigs
defense
Protection against harm
- fullbackBlocking backfield position
- wingerSide-positioned team member
- centreEquidistant from all sides
try · tackle · scrum · backs · threequarter · counterattack · linebreak · overlap · sweeper
defender
One who guards another
- defensemanHockey position guarding goal
- goaltenderPlayer defending the net
- bluelinerHockey defensive player
crease · breakaway · icing · faceoff · period · rink · puck · clearing · shot blocking · neutral zone
defense
Protection against harm
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
- trenchesElongated ground excavations
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
garrison · stronghold · bastion · redoubt · rampart · barricade · rear guard · fallback position · entrenchment · staging area
- defensedefense, defending, protecting, protection, security
- rugbyscrum, try, rugby, Rugby World Cup, rugby union
- field hockeyhockey stick, goal, goalkeeper, field, push pass
- stage equipmentspotlight, stage lights, fog machine, mic, speakers
- Curlingstone, rock, broom, skip, house
- improvyes and, scenes, offer, accept, improv comedy
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Combat's forward position
downstage · frontman · monitors · front-of-house · lead singer
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Combat's forward position
front line · forward positions · vanguard · front · advance guard