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▪ I. sandboard, n.
Brit. |ˈsandbɔːd|, U.S. |ˈsæn(d)ˌbɔ(ə)rd|
[‹ sand n.2 + board n. In sense 3 after surfboard n. at surf n. Compounds 2, snowboard n. 3, etc.]
1. A board or tray sprinkled with sand in which numbers, letters, diagrams, etc., can be traced and then obliterated, often used as a teaching aid.
1817A. Bell Instr. Conduct. Schools (ed. 6) 8 The scholars copy..the capital printed letters on sand at the sand board. 1894Geogr. Jrnl. 3 524 He advises the use of..the sand-board as an introduction to the map; next comes the effort to read correct maps of parts of the city. 1911Amer. Math. Monthly 18 4 Various forms of reckoning, including finger-reckoning, pebble-reckoning, and some use of the sand-board..especially characteristic of the Attic Greeks. 1926Isis 8 44 Relics of the ancient days when the sand board was used for calculations, the work being erased as the computer proceeded. 1997Daily News (New Plymouth, N.Z.) (Nexis) 8 Nov. (Mag.) 17 (caption) Guide Bob Grave uses a sand-board for lessons about rapids..but putting the advice to good use can be another matter.
2. Mech. On a vehicle: a sturdy wooden bar running parallel to and above an axle. Now hist.
1867Sci. Amer. 19 Oct. 252/2 The plate, F, forming the sand board axle plate and reach receiver combined in one piece. 1875E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Sand-board, a bar over the hind axle [of a vehicle] and parallel therewith. 1895I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. Sand-board, in car-building, a spring-plank. 1943Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 3 35 The sand board was a large block of wood set parallel to the axle on top of the hounds.
3. A long narrow board, freq. often a modified snowboard, on which a rider may coast down sand dunes.
1992Re: Sand Skiing? in rec.skiing (Usenet newsgroup) 10 Aug. Glamis [in California]..would be an ideal place for sand-board riding. 1997Esquire Nov. 142/1 Find a sandboard (a snowboard put to better use), lovingly grease it up, and make a slice straight down for home. 2003Edmonton Jrnl. (Nexis) 6 Sept. l1 During the day you can hike the dunes or surf them with sandboards.
Derivatives. sandboarder n. a person who rides down sand dunes on a sandboard; a participant in sandboarding.
1994Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.) 10 Dec. b1/1 (caption) *Sandboarder Jeff Kidder, 17, of Nags Head jumps off a natural ramp at Jockey's Ridge State Park in Nags Head on Friday. 1999SL (Cape Town) June 108/1 He and his fellow instructors are experienced sandboarders.
▪ II. sandboard, v.
Brit. |ˈsandbɔːd|, U.S. |ˈsæn(d)ˌbɔ(ə)rd|
[‹ sandboard n. Compare earlier sandboarding n.]
intr. To ride on a sandboard; to participate in sandboarding.
1994Re: Dune Carving in rec.skiing.snowboard (Usenet newsgroup) 22 Nov. I once sandboarded proper in Newquay (England) when the surf wasnt up, the boards people used for this were smaller than snowboards. 1995Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Colorado) 6 July 6 d, He had never sandboarded until he tried out for the Lee commercial. 2002Time 1 Apr. 73/1 Sandboarding down dunes in the middle of a Peruvian coastal desert sounds like..a perfect holiday. |