high boardn.adj.
/ˌhʌɪ ˈbɔːd/, U.S. /ˌhaɪ ˈbɔrd/ A. n.
1. A raised table at which distinguished guests are seated at a feast, banquet, etc. Cf. high table n. and adj. at high adj. and n.2 Compounds 4. Now historical.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > dining table > high table
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c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 3887 (MED) At þe heye bord eten kinges ten.
c1330 (?c1300) Amis & Amiloun (Auch.) (1937) l. 1580 (MED) Fram þe heiȝe bord oway He was ycharged al-so To eten at þe tables ende.
c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Squire's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 77 Vp he rydeth to the heighe bord In al the halle ne was ther spoke a word.
a1475 Bp. Grossetest's Househ. Stat. (Sloane 1986) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 329 Sytte ȝe euer in the myddul of the hye borde, that youre fysegge and chere be schewyd to alle men.
1606 B. Rich Faultes f. 17 The high boord is stil taken vp with those of the decayed order.
?1625 F. Godwin Succession of Bishops of Eng. 612 Sitters at the high boorde in the Hall. The Archbishop in his Estate. Bishop of London [etc.].
1703 N. Battely Somner's Antiq. Canterbury (rev. ed.) ii. ii. vi. 60 The placing of the Guests..seems to me to have been after this manner: The Archbishop sitting in the middle of the High-Board alone [etc.].
1824 T. Moule in J. P. Neale Views Seats Noblemen I. Introd. p. vii Other services were of pewter, piled upon the court cupboards and placed near the high board in the hall.
1870 W. Bottrell Trad. & Hearthside Stories of W. Cornwall 29 Many great lords and ladies of the neighbourhood were waiting at the high board to receive Penelope and her guests.
1957 Young Elizabethan Oct. 20/1 Drysdale carried the keys to the high-board in the dining-chamber and presented them to Sir William.
2000 B. Small Besieged (2003) x. 206 Sweet butter and fine cheeses were on all the tables. Those at the high board drank rich wine from Archambault.
2. Sport. The higher or highest of two or more diving boards; spec. the 10m rigid board of a diving platform used in diving competitions; diving from this board as an event in a diving competition; platform diving. Cf. platform n. 2e.
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1871 Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper 17 Sept. 10/5 A gentleman named Hervey.., in diving from the high board at the Swimming-baths in Great Smith-street, Westminster, struck his head against the bottom of the bath.
1940 Life 12 Feb. 35/1 (caption) From the high board, Helen gets a good spring.., goes up in the air as high as possible.
1952 Independent (Long Beach, Calif.) 2 July 22/1 Maj. Sammy Lee failed to qualify.., but he is expected to win the high board Wednesday.
1976 J. Haskins New Kind of Joy vi. 88 She hopes to be able to dive from the high board someday, but for now..she stays on the low board.
2002 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) (Nexis) 27 July e1 Despatie, who also won gold in Thursday's one-metre springboard, will aim for his third gold medal..in the 10-metre highboard.
B. adj.
Usually in form highboard. Of, relating to, or designating diving from a high diving board. See sense A. 2.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > swimming > [adjective] > relating to specific type of diving board
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1909 World Almanac & Encycl. 1910 410 Highboard diving, E. L. Wilson.
1936 Southern Counties' Amateur Swimming Assoc. Handbk. 12 The positions in National championships are..C. D. Tomalin..Highboard diving..1st.
1959 Times 22 Sept. 3/3 Phelps is the European and national highboard title-holder.
1994 Swimming Times Sept. 3/1 Mountford won his gold in the Youth Highboard championship.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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