mantelboard

[man-tl-bawrd, -bohrd]

noun

Chiefly South Midland U.S.

1. mantel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mantelboard¹

First recorded in 1880–85; mantel + board

Example Sentences

Tunisian or point lace forms a very good edging to a mantelboard, and when a foot deep, or nearly so, it is extremely handsome.

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Mantelpiece: Mantelshelf: Mantelboard: Mantell and Brace.—What is the origin of this word, and whence came the thing?

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Then he came back to the fireplace, and leaned against the mantelboard.

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Then there was a mantelboard with maroon plush and wool fringe that did not match the plush; a dreary clock like a black marble tomb—it was silent as the grave too, for it had long since forgotten how to tick.

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I turned away from them, put my foot on the fender, stuck my elbow on the plush-fringed mantelboard, and studied the photographs, pipes, and ash-trays that adorned it.

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