tailboard

[ teyl-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

1. the tailgate, especially of a wagon or truck.

tailboard

/ ˈteɪlˌbɔːd /

noun

1. a board at the rear of a lorry, wagon, etc, that can be removed or let down on a hinge

Word History and Origins

Origin of tailboard¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; tail ¹ + board

Example Sentences

There were about a dozen of us jammed into the coach, on the box seat and hanging on to the roof and tailboard as best we could.

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The coachman had discovered his unlawful presence on the tailboard and had reached him with just the tip end of his whip.

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She came to me out of the rolling dust of an emigrant wagon, behind whose tailboard she was gravely trotting.

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Her eyes strayed from the tailboard of the wagon on which she stood, over the scene around her.

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The kerosene lantern hanging over the tailboard cast its glow for no great distance.

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