˜yÐÄvlog

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tailboard

[ teyl-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

  1. the tailgate, especially of a wagon or truck.


tailboard

/ ˈ³Ù±ðɪ±ôËŒ²úɔ˻å /

noun

  1. a board at the rear of a lorry, wagon, etc, that can be removed or let down on a hinge
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tailboard1

First recorded in 1795–1805; tail 1 + board
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Example Sentences

The doors were shut, but he jumped onto the tailboard on the back.

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By the time it hit the tailboard at the back of a truck, it was doing 30 or 40mph.

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We moved slowly but steadily in the rain, the radiator cap of our car almost against the tailboard of a truck that was loaded high, the load covered with wet canvas.

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Girls, the next grade we come to, you three jump out and wait for Hepsy to start on her way, then instantly climb up on the tailboard and sit there.

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To find it we have only to draw a line upwards through the two stars in the tailboard of the waggon and on into space.

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