buckboard
pronunciation
How to pronounce buckboard in British English:
UK ['bʌkˌbɔ:d]
How to pronounce buckboard in American English:
US ['bʌkˌboʊrd]
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- Noun:
- an open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; has a seat attached to a flexible board between the two axles
Word Origin
- buckboard (n.)
- 1839, "plank on wheels," from board (n.1) + buck "body of a cart or wagon" (1690s), perhaps representing a dialectal survival of Old English buc "belly, body, trunk"(see bucket). As a type of vehicle constructed this way, from 1874.