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Definition of Tailboard
1. Noun. A gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading.
Group relationships: Beach Waggon, Beach Wagon, Estate Car, Station Waggon, Station Wagon, Waggon, Wagon, Motortruck, Truck
Generic synonyms: Gate
Definition of Tailboard
1. n. The board at the rear end of a cart or wagon, which can be removed or let down, for convenience in loading or unloading.
Definition of Tailboard
1. Noun. A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading; a tailgate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tailboard
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tailboard
Literary usage of Tailboard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Joint Report with Comprehensive Plan and Recommendations by William Russell Willcox (1920)
"The design of the individual terminals is such that the capacities of the driveways,
tailboard space and car elevators are nearly the same, so that there ..."
2. The English Mechanic and World of Science (1884)
"The folding tailboard in your camera is, I suppose, of the usual kind—namely,
the outer part of tailboard is fixed to front of camera, and the back part of ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"The engine moved ahead with the children on the tailboard. When the train reached
a point about 79 steps from the home of the deceased, her father saw his ..."
4. Supplemental Digest of Decisions Under the Interstate Commerce Act by Herbert Confield Lust (1915)
"The relief prayed for is an order directing the defendants to place In effect a
rule providing for a so-called tailboard delivery and a tailboard receipt of ..."
5. Popular Mechanics Shop Notes (1920)
"Lock for Wagon tailboard A quick-acting lock for a wagon tailboard, that prevents
any possibility of the tailboard working loose, ..."
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