tail-board
(ˈteɪlbɔəd)
[f. tail n.1 + board.]
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.
| 1805 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 376/1 She was crushed between the tail-board of the cart and the house. 1847 Alb. Smith Chr. Tadpole xlvi. (1879) 405 Have you..a shutter, or the tail⁓board of a cart..you can carry him on? 1881 Young Ev. 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. |
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| 1841 Totten Naval Textbk. (U.S.) 411 Tailboards, in shipbuilding, the carved work between the cheeks, fastened to the knee of the head. |