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buckboard

noun

Etymology

From buck + board.

  1. derived from *bʰers-✻ — “tip, top”
  2. inherited from *burdą✻ — “board, plank; edge; table”
  3. inherited from *bord✻
  4. inherited from bord
  5. inherited from boord
  6. compounded as buckboard — “buck + board”

Definitions

  1. A simple, distinctively American four-wheeled horse-drawn wagon designed for personal…

    A simple, distinctively American four-wheeled horse-drawn wagon designed for personal transport as well as for transporting animal fodder and domestic goods, often with a spring-mounted seat for the driver.

    • […] he turned to Differ and said in an employer's tone, "Got everything ready?" "On the buckboard," said Differ in the tone of a Capricornian employee.

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