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

The man mounted, with assistance, the tailboard of a truck, took a paper from his pocket.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sometimes he got lifts, sharing the rear hump of a burro with a friendly peon or clinging to the bouncing tailboard of a truck.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gene backed up to the curb and began to arrange the vegetables and fruit on packing boxes, along the running board, and on the tailboard.

From Time Magazine Archive

And he realized that if he hadn’t had a tantrum about riding on the tailboard, he would have been on that bus, too.

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai

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 "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway