window board


noun

a thin board serving as a stool of a window.

Origin of window board

First recorded in 1620–30

Example sentences from the Web for window board

  • A window-board was installed, with the result that the men recovered and no other cases of skin rash occurred in that room.

    How to Live |Irving Fisher and Eugene Fisk
  • In winter, ventilation is best secured by means of a window-board.

    How to Live |Irving Fisher and Eugene Fisk
  • At one moment he was jostled by a porter, at another trod on by a horse; then he knocked his head against a window-board.

  • The man bowed, took the bread, and laid it beside him on the window-board.

    The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly |Charles James Lever