hack board
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hack board
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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He flapped and he flew, too, but only as far as a tree limb— not to the hack board.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
Screamer saw the food on the hack board and flew to it.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
Remembering Perry’s food-laden hack board, he returned to it late in the morning, ate well, and departed.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
Trainers put young unleashed birds who are just learning to fly and hunt on a hack board, a sort of artificial nest.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
He carried Screamer to the hack board, a food platform on stilts.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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