barnboard

[ bahrn-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

1. barnwood.

Word History and Origins

Origin of barnboard¹

Americanism; barn ¹ + board

Example Sentences

Fishing net and rope were shaped and hammered onto barnboard by Willi, into the form of a mermaid, with a snorkeling fin for a tail and a pair of orange maritime floats for bosoms.

From Washington Times

Boyd had been in the thick of that business and knew that no one had been hurt except Barnboard Tam, whose horse had run away with him and brushed him off, a red-haired Absalom in homespuns, against the branches in Marnhoul Great Wood.

From Project Gutenberg