shoulder board

noun, U.S. Navy.

one of a pair of narrow, stiff, cloth patches bearing an insignia of rank and worn on the shoulders by a commissioned officer.

Also called shoulder mark.

Origin of shoulder board

1940-1945

First recorded in 1940-45

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The two chains on which buckets are hung from the shoulder board, when carrying water from the well.

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