† ˈdressing-board Obs.
A board on which anything is dressed; esp. a board on which food was dressed; a dresser.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 131/2 Dressure, or dressynge boorde, Dressorium, directarium. 1591 Percivall Sp. Dict., Tajon, a boord to cut flesh on, a dressing boord. 1694 Acc. Sev. Late Voy. ii. (1711) 172 Puts it [the whale's fat] upon the Bench or Dressing board, where it is cut by others into less pieces. ? a 1700 Sir Hugh in Percy Reliq. (1765) I. 32 Scho laid him on a dressing-borde [other versions dressing-table, dresser-board (cf. Child Ballads v. 246).] |