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ˈbuckboard, n. orig. and chiefly U.S. [buck n.5 5.] 1. A plank slung upon wheels, forming the body of a light vehicle.
1839C. F. Hoffman Wild Scenes I. 10 Did he ever see a teamster riding upon a buckboard? a stout, springy plank, laid upon the bare bolsters of a waggon! 1885Sat. Rev. 21 Feb. 240/1 A buckboard is a plank of well-seasoned wood..slung upon four wheels placed within two feet of either end. Across the middle of the board is a light seat holding two persons. 1947H. Vaughan-Williams Visit to Lobengual 1889 v. 23 When on the trek all cooking pots were slung on to the rails of the buckboard of the wagons. 2. A vehicle of this description. Also Comb.
1874‘H. Churton’ Toinette (1881) iv. 45 The shivering splattered figure on the ‘buck-board’. 1883Harper's Mag. Aug. 390/2 The common road cart..costs $15; the fashionable buckboard, $40. 1886Outing (U.S.) Oct. 57/2 For some reason or other, the buckboard driver, who usually brings us our mail, did not bring it yesterday. 1893Daily News 2 May 5/4 Thence in a buck-board across Wokingham Creek..as far as Bourke..in New South Wales. 1894C. Johnstone Winter & Summer in Canada 64, I hired a ‘rig’ or ‘buckboard’ for 3 dollars to take me as far as Carlton. 1935J. Steinbeck To God Unknown 175 He hitched up the buckboard and drove to town. 1953A. Upfield Murder must Wait xxv. 217 A buckboard drawn by two horses. Hence ˈbuckboard v. intr., to ride on a buckboard.
1904F. Lynde Grafters i. 2 Two men who buckboarded in ahead of the track-layers. |