cooling board

American  

noun

South Midland and Southern U.S. Older Use.

1. a plank for laying out a corpse.

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Etymology

Origin of cooling board

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

So I went to my dead mother where she was on de cooling board and brushed my dress and said, 'Look at my pretty dress.'

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration

For a young woman to see a cooling board in her dreams, foretells sickness and quarrels with her lover.

From Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition by Miller, Gustavus Hindman