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buckboard

[ buhk-bawrd, -bohrd ]

/ ˈbʌkˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

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noun

a light, four-wheeled carriage in which a long elastic board or lattice frame is used in place of body and springs.

Origin of buckboard

1830–40, Americanism; obsolete buck “body, holder” (see bucket) + board

Words nearby buckboard

buck's extension, buck's fizz, buck's party, buckaroo, buckbean, buckboard, bucked, buckeen, bucker, bucket, bucket about

Example sentences from the Web for buckboard

A pair of ponies drew the buckboard briskly over the hard, rough road.

The Main Chance |Meredith Nicholson
Mr. Conover wiped his muddy hands on the lap-robe and helped her into the buckboard, with awkward care.

The Hallowell Partnership |Katharine Holland Brown
As though to turn the subject, she indicated a buckboard which was coming down an intersecting by-road at crazy speed.

The Readjustment |Will Irwin
Not until he saw the contractor drive up in the buckboard did he return.

The Hunted Woman |James Oliver Curwood

You see, I had to shock old Hawkins, or he would notice at once that I aimed to follow the buckboard.

Curly |Roger Pocock

British Dictionary definitions for buckboard

buckboard

/ (ˈbʌkˌbɔːd) /

noun

US and Canadian an open four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with the seat attached to a flexible board between the front and rear axles