tail-boardn.
/ˈteɪlbɔːd/, U.S. /ˈteɪlˌbɔrd/ 1. The board at the hinder end of a cart, barrow, van, etc.; usually one attached to the bottom by a hinge, and capable of being suspended at various angles for convenience in loading, etc.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > body > board at back
tail-board1807
tailgate1868
end-gate1873
stern-board1887
1807 Ann. Reg. 1805 (Otridge ed.) Chron. 376/1 She was crushed between the tail-board of the cart and the house.
1847 A. Smith Christopher Tadpole (1848) xlvi. 405 Have you..a shutter, or the tail~board of a cart..you can carry him on?
1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §1072 The parts which compose the barrow may be enumerated as the two sides, the front, the tail board, the bottom, the wheel, and the legs.
2. (See quot. 1841.)
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [noun] > carved plank at stem
trail-board1704
fiddle-head1799
billet-head1840
tail-board1841
1841 B. J. Totten Naval Text-bk. 411 Tailboards, in shipbuilding, the carved work between the cheeks, fastened to the knee of the head.
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