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flashboard

[ flash-bawrd, -bohrd ]
/ ˈflæʃˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun Civil Engineering.

a board, or one of a series of boards, as on a milldam, used to increase the depth of the impounded water.

Words nearby flashboard

flash welding, flash-forward, flash-freeze, flash-lock, flashback, flashboard, flashbulb, flashbulb memory, flashcard, flashcube, flashed glass

Origin of flashboard

First recorded in 1760–70; flash + board
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Examples from the Web for flashboard

  • Thus meditating he drew nearer to the place where the flashboard was down and the water poured into the rocky river bed.

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  • The water poured over the flashboard with a splashing murmur at that distance, and ran down under the bridge in a rocky bed.

    Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns|Halsey Davidson

British Dictionary definitions for flashboard

flashboard
/ (ˈflæʃˌbɔːd) /

noun

a board or boarding that is placed along the top of a dam to increase its height and capacityAlso called: stop log, stop plank
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