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buckboard

[ buhk-bawrd, -bohrd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a light, four-wheeled carriage in which a long elastic board or lattice frame is used in place of body and springs.

buckboard

/ ˈbʌkˌbɔːd /

an open four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with the seat attached to a flexible board between the front and rear axles

1830–40, Americanism; obsolete buck “body, holder” ( bucket ) + board

Then, if measures fails, my advice to you as a human bein' and a citizen is to git Seliny into a buckboard and run off with her.

Mrs. Nelson smiled assent and the young fellow indicated a buckboard drawn up to the station.

I'm going to remove myself from this buckboard before one of those horses decides to sit in my lap.

They came back in the old creaking buckboard with Methuselah the old, old white horse, and the Toyman.

The lads ran down to the barn and had Jack Ness hitch up a fresh team to a buckboard.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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