writing boardn.

Brit.

/ˈrʌɪtɪŋ bɔːd/, U.S.

/ˈraɪdɪŋ ˌbɔrd/

Forms: see writing n. and board n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: writing n., board n.

Etymology: < writing n. + board n.

A board used to provide a firm surface for supporting papers, a notebook, etc., while writing; (occasionally) such a board forming part of a piece of furniture. Also: any of various types of board used for writing on directly.

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society > communication > writing > writing materials > other writing equipment > [noun] > surface to lean on

writing board1440

writing table1699

writing pad1841

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 534 Wrytynge borde, pluteum.

1661 T. Kentish Φιλανθρωποϕαγια 7/2 My Study shelves, with a fair Writing board.

1722 N. Bailey Antiq. London & Westm. 619 The writing school..contains long writing boards..to sit and write upon.

1826 Child's Compan. Oct. 293 Among the natives of Africa and the east it is very common to have writing boards, like school-boys' slates, upon which persons write with ink, and rub it out when done with.

1854 R. M. Kettle Lewell Pastures I. xv. 206 An old bureau, which..was furnished with a sort of sliding desk or writing-board, which could be drawn in and out at pleasure.

1908 Guide Exhib. Galleries Brit. Mus. (ed. 8) 67 A writing board with four lines of the Iliad.

1994 L. S. Goldberg Deadly Pract. xxiv. 293 Lois..studied the large writing board on the wall at the rear of the nurses station. It listed all the scheduled surgeries.

2015 K. Bolick Spinster vii. 209 On a typical morning she'd..lean her writing board across her knees, and work steadily until noon, filling sheaves of foolscap.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	writing board
释义	writing boardn. Brit. /ˈrʌɪtɪŋ bɔːd/, U.S. /ˈraɪdɪŋ ˌbɔrd/ Forms: see writing n. and board n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: writing n., board n. Etymology: < writing n. + board n. A board used to provide a firm surface for supporting papers, a notebook, etc., while writing; (occasionally) such a board forming part of a piece of furniture. Also: any of various types of board used for writing on directly. ΘΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > other writing equipment > [noun] > surface to lean on writing board1440 writing table1699 writing pad1841 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 534 Wrytynge borde, pluteum. 1661 T. Kentish Φιλανθρωποϕαγια 7/2 My Study shelves, with a fair Writing board. 1722 N. Bailey Antiq. London & Westm. 619 The writing school..contains long writing boards..to sit and write upon. 1826 Child's Compan. Oct. 293 Among the natives of Africa and the east it is very common to have writing boards, like school-boys' slates, upon which persons write with ink, and rub it out when done with. 1854 R. M. Kettle Lewell Pastures I. xv. 206 An old bureau, which..was furnished with a sort of sliding desk or writing-board, which could be drawn in and out at pleasure. 1908 Guide Exhib. Galleries Brit. Mus. (ed. 8) 67 A writing board with four lines of the Iliad. 1994 L. S. Goldberg Deadly Pract. xxiv. 293 Lois..studied the large writing board on the wall at the rear of the nurses station. It listed all the scheduled surgeries. 2015 K. Bolick Spinster vii. 209 On a typical morning she'd..lean her writing board across her knees, and work steadily until noon, filling sheaves of foolscap. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1440
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