billboardn.

Brit.

/ˈbɪlbɔːd/, U.S.

/ˈbɪlˌbɔrd/

Etymology: < bill n.³ 8 + board n. 2b.

Originally U.S.

a. A board to which notices, posters, advertisements, etc., are affixed; a notice-board or hoarding.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publishing or spreading by leaflets or notices > [noun] > placarding, postering, or billing > noticeboard

boarda1400

noticeboard1819

screen1827

bulletin-board1831

billboard1851

noticeboard1851

1851 W. K. Northall Before & Behind Curtain 15 The bill-boards of the Park..still continued to style the Park ‘The Theatre’.

1877 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 4) 44 People who fail to edit a bill-board are firmly convinced that they could edit a newspaper.

1898 M. Deland Old Chester Tales 245 Well, I was advertised all round; you ought to have seen the bill-boards.

1904 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 295 An ordinance which demands that no billboard be erected on a residence street [etc.].

1950 Manch. Guardian Weekly 19 Jan. 10/3 Billboards bearing the strange advice: ‘Go East, Young Man, Go East!’

1950 O. Nash Family Reunion 131 I think that I shall never see A billboard lovely as a tree. Indeed, unless the billboards fall I'll never see a tree at all.

1954 N. Coward Future Indefinite iv. 247 Outside a canteen was a billboard announcing ‘To-Nite Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour’.

b. billboard pass n. a free theatre ticket issued to tradespeople who allow advertisements to be displayed on their premises.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > ticket > for free admission

pass1838

billboard pass1890

1890 B. Hall Turnover Club 100 The holder of a bill~board pass addressed the Count Bozenta as ‘Mr. Modjeska’.

1902 W. N. Harben Abner Daniel 58 Jack Ass in bill-board letters would come nearer to it than anything that occurs to me now.

1963 New Yorker 1 June 24/1 Exquisitely faithful duplications of bill-board lettering.

1967 Listener 3 Aug. 156/2 Garish and absurd as a billboard likeness.

2. An aerial array resembling a billboard in appearance, consisting of a number of dipoles mounted in front of a large vertical metal reflector. Frequently attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [noun] > aerial > assembly of specific aerials

array1919

broadside array1932

musa1937

phased array1938

mattress1947

mattress array1947

billboard1950

1950 J. D. Kraus Antennas iv. 118 A ‘billboard’ type of array..having many dipole antennas carrying equal currents.

1950 J. D. Kraus Antennas xii. 327 (caption) Array of ½-wavelength elements with flat sheet reflector (billboard or mattress antenna).

1963 Life 1 Mar. 20/1 Dye Main's 60-foot-high radio antennas—the technicians call them ‘billboards’—make sure these warning signals get through.

1966 Electronics 17 Oct. 138/3 The tropo routes use 60-foot billboard antennas. At some of the stations in Turkey, the tropo paths require 120-foot billboards.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	billboard
释义	billboardn. Brit. /ˈbɪlbɔːd/, U.S. /ˈbɪlˌbɔrd/ Etymology: < bill n.³ 8 + board n. 2b. Originally U.S. 1. a. A board to which notices, posters, advertisements, etc., are affixed; a notice-board or hoarding. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publishing or spreading by leaflets or notices > [noun] > placarding, postering, or billing > noticeboard boarda1400 noticeboard1819 screen1827 bulletin-board1831 billboard1851 noticeboard1851 1851 W. K. Northall Before & Behind Curtain 15 The bill-boards of the Park..still continued to style the Park ‘The Theatre’. 1877 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 4) 44 People who fail to edit a bill-board are firmly convinced that they could edit a newspaper. 1898 M. Deland Old Chester Tales 245 Well, I was advertised all round; you ought to have seen the bill-boards. 1904 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 295 An ordinance which demands that no billboard be erected on a residence street [etc.]. 1950 Manch. Guardian Weekly 19 Jan. 10/3 Billboards bearing the strange advice: ‘Go East, Young Man, Go East!’ 1950 O. Nash Family Reunion 131 I think that I shall never see A billboard lovely as a tree. Indeed, unless the billboards fall I'll never see a tree at all. 1954 N. Coward Future Indefinite iv. 247 Outside a canteen was a billboard announcing ‘To-Nite Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour’. b. billboard pass n. a free theatre ticket issued to tradespeople who allow advertisements to be displayed on their premises. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > ticket > for free admission pass1838 billboard pass1890 1890 B. Hall Turnover Club 100 The holder of a bill~board pass addressed the Count Bozenta as ‘Mr. Modjeska’. 1902 W. N. Harben Abner Daniel 58 Jack Ass in bill-board letters would come nearer to it than anything that occurs to me now. 1963 New Yorker 1 June 24/1 Exquisitely faithful duplications of bill-board lettering. 1967 Listener 3 Aug. 156/2 Garish and absurd as a billboard likeness. 2. An aerial array resembling a billboard in appearance, consisting of a number of dipoles mounted in front of a large vertical metal reflector. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [noun] > aerial > assembly of specific aerials array1919 broadside array1932 musa1937 phased array1938 mattress1947 mattress array1947 billboard1950 1950 J. D. Kraus Antennas iv. 118 A ‘billboard’ type of array..having many dipole antennas carrying equal currents. 1950 J. D. Kraus Antennas xii. 327 (caption) Array of ½-wavelength elements with flat sheet reflector (billboard or mattress antenna). 1963 Life 1 Mar. 20/1 Dye Main's 60-foot-high radio antennas—the technicians call them ‘billboards’—make sure these warning signals get through. 1966 Electronics 17 Oct. 138/3 The tropo routes use 60-foot billboard antennas. At some of the stations in Turkey, the tropo paths require 120-foot billboards. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmas bill-board bill-board n. a board fastened edgewise to the side of a ship for the bill of the anchor to rest upon; also a board to protect the timbers of the ship from being damaged by the bill when the anchor is weighed. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [noun] > specific protective timbers along side anchor lining1805 bill-boardc1860 rubbing strake1874 c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 70 What are the bill-boards for? For the flukes of the anchors to rest on. extracted from billn.² < n.1851 as lemmas
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