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bord

noun

Etymology

From board, which is also a less common variant of bord; probably from the former practice of laying boards in mine passageways to form a relatively smooth surface along which the coal was dragged in sledges.

Definitions

  1. Obsolete form of board.

    • A jenkin is then carried up the pillar alongside the old bords […]

  2. Obsolete form of bourd.

  3. The coalface parallel to the natural fissures.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA