tailboard

[ teyl-bawrd, -bohrd ]

/ ˈteɪlˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

the tailgate, especially of a wagon or truck.

Also called endgate.

Origin of tailboard

First recorded in 1795–1805; tail¹ + board

Veronica, supported by assorted bedding, made herself comfortable upon the tailboard.

They and I |Jerome K. Jerome
With a sudden spring from the tailboard of the wagon Bruce Gilhooley reached the yoke, fiercely goading the oxen onward.

Who Crosses Storm Mountain? |Charles Egbert Craddock (AKA Mary Noailles Murfree)
The kerosene lantern hanging over the tailboard cast its glow for no great distance.

We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run |James Arthur Kjelgaard
Senath had crept round in the shed to the back and was studying the tailboard, one hand against it.

Beggars on Horseback |F. Tennyson Jesse

He slid the knife along the wagon's tailboard, and a long sliver of wood curled up.

We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run |James Arthur Kjelgaard

tailboard

/ (ˈteɪlˌbɔːd) /

a board at the rear of a lorry, wagon, etc, that can be removed or let down on a hinge