plotting board
noun
Navigation. a transparent table on a ship, used as a plotting sheet.
Military. a device based on a map or other scale representation of a region against which artillery fire is to be directed, for use in directing artillery fire against a fixed or moving target.
Origin of plotting board
1First recorded in 1900–05
Words Nearby plotting board
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How to use plotting board in a sentence
These figures show by steps the "evolution of the plotting board."
The Gunner's Examiner | Harold E. ClokeHe handed Rip the shoulder case that contained the plotting board.
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet | Harold Leland Goodwin
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