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Definition of Butcher board
1. Noun. A thick wooden slab formed by bonding together thick laminated strips of unpainted hardwood.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Butcher Board
Literary usage of Butcher board
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Arabian Poetry, for English Readers by William Alexander Clouston (1881)
"Meat on a butcher's board " is a proverbial expression for that which is utterly
defenceless and helpless. v. 4. The scholiast compares the proverbs (both ..."
2. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1880)
"... was adopted by the Germans in their faithful translation ' Schweins- kopf,'
and in naming a dulcimer ' Hackbrett'—a butcher's board for chopping ..."
3. The Victoria Post Office Directory (1869)
"... Wilson Buchanan &Co., merchants Wilson Ben., dyer, 89 Ryrie street Wilson
Chas.,engnr.,Clarendon st •Wilson Chas., butcher, Board pi Wilson Geo., baker, ..."
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