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1453 in P. E. Jones Cal. Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall (1954) V. 138 [5 small] shewebordes, [2 d.].

1621 J. Willis Art of Memory 62 That two foote on this side the opposite wall there is a Counter or a shew-boord and the Grocer standing vpon the further side of it.

1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 264 Through the Window..we saw lying on the Counter or Show-board which was just before it, Five pieces of Silks.

1829 J. Fuller Narr. Tour Turkish Empire xii. 392 Large shops..closed by falling shutters, which when let down form a show-board for the goods.

1888 Amer. State Rep. I. 842 A showboard extending eleven and a half inches over the sidewalk in front of a shop.

1903 J. M. Falkner Nebuly Coat iii. 41 He shifted a chop into a more attractive position on the show-board.

1740 in H. Morrison Early Amer. Archit. (1987) 533 Coats of Arms drawn on Coaches, Chaises, &c., or any other kinds of Ornaments, Landskips, Signs, Showboards, Ship or House Painting, Gilding of all Sorts, Writing in Gold or Colour, old Pictures clean'd and Mended.

1806 Sporting Mag. 27 42 Lines painted on a shewboard lately put up in Barrack-street in the city of Norwich.

1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xxviii. §5263 Show-boards of all kinds.

1902 ‘Cape Times’ Law Rep. 11 660/2 The sign or show-boards were overhanging the public thoroughfare.

2005 J. Martyn Ringfort to Runway ii. i. 92 The broad green show-board over the door read: ‘Hogan's Bar & Lounge, purveyors of fine wines and stout’.