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tailboard
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tailboard has 1 sense
- tailboard(n = noun.artifact) tailgate - a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading; Array is a part of beach waggon, beach wagon, estate car, station waggon, station wagon, waggon, wagon, motortruck, truck
is a kind of gate
CIDE DICTIONARY
tailboard, 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. [1913 Webster]
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