tailboard

American  

[teyl-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈteɪlˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun

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

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tailboard British  

/ ˈteɪlˌbɔːd /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of tailboard

First recorded in 1795–1805; tail ¹ + board

Example Sentences

I don’t remember the other man jumping onto the tailboard and leaning into the back, where we were all sitting.

From Literature

By the time it hit the tailboard at the back of a truck, it was doing 30 or 40mph.

From BBC

We moved slowly but steadily in the rain, the radiator cap of our car almost against the tailboard of a truck that was loaded high, the load covered with wet canvas.

From Literature

Girls, the next grade we come to, you three jump out and wait for Hepsy to start on her way, then instantly climb up on the tailboard and sit there.

From Project Gutenberg

To find it we have only to draw a line upwards through the two stars in the tailboard of the waggon and on into space.

From Project Gutenberg