buckboardn.
Originally and chiefly U.S.
1. A plank slung upon wheels, forming the body of a light vehicle.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > body
buck1673
bedc1700
wagon box1810
buckboard1839
wagon-bed1853
1839 C. 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!
1885 Sat. 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.
1947 H. Vaughan-Williams Visit to Lobengula 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 in combinations.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > light
Germantown1766
dearborn1820
cart1823
wagon1837
springboard1857
runabout1863
buck-wagon1864
beach-wagon1869
buckboard1874
tonga1874
buck-cart1884
jutka1886
runabout wagon1886
1874 ‘H. Churton’ Toinette (1881) iv. 45 The shivering splattered figure on the ‘buck-board’.
1878 Congress. Rec. Mar. 1915/2 Upon the whole of that route there was only one mule and a buckboard.
1880 Congress. Rec. Feb. 1165/2 The mail [in Kansas] is carried in buckboards drawn by one or two mules... Two horses or ponies in that country can draw a light buckboard twenty miles a day with perfect ease.
1883 Harper's Mag. Aug. 390/2 The common road cart..costs $15; the fashionable buckboard, $40.
1886 Outing Oct. 57/2 For some reason or other, the buckboard driver, who usually brings us our mail, did not bring it yesterday.
1893 Daily News 2 May 5/4 Thence in a buck-board across Wokingham Creek..as far as Bourke..in New South Wales.
1894 C. L. Johnstone Canada 64 I hired a ‘rig’ or ‘buckboard’ for 3 dollars to take me as far as Carlton.
1904 N.Y. Evening Post 18 June When the mountain roads were in less perfect condition than they are to-day, the most comfortable vehicle was found to be the buckboard.
1935 J. Steinbeck To God Unknown 175 He hitched up the buckboard and drove to town.
1953 A. Upfield Murder must Wait xxv. 217 A buckboard drawn by two horses.
Derivatives
ˈbuckboard v. (intransitive) to ride on a buckboard.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > ride in a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > ride in a wheeled vehicle > in specific type of horse-drawn vehicle
wagon1606
caroche1620
chariot1628
coach1631
to chaise it1792
gig1807
hack1879
buckboard1904
car1907
stolkjaerre1932
1904 F. Lynde Grafters i. 2 Two men who buckboarded in ahead of the track-layers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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