buckboard

[ buhk-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

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

buckboard

/ ˈbʌkˌbɔːd /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of buckboard¹

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

Example Sentences

But are we really expected to believe the Framers created an impeachment process with a hole so large you could ride a buckboard through it?

From Washington Post

As more immigrants headed west, flimflam men began selling “miracle” remedies from their buckboard wagons.

From Seattle Times

The news of the wonderful pig spread clear up into the hills, and farmers came rattling down in buggies and buckboards, to stand hour after hour at Wilbur’s pen admiring the miraculous animal.

From Literature

I made Ma set on the buckboard seat and tolt her to keep a eye out with the pistol in her lap.

From Literature

Pa had the buckboard and Shirl, the biggest plow horse, waiting on the road.

From Literature

Related Words

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