sleeveboard

[sleev-bawrd, -bohrd]

noun

1. a small-scale ironing board for pressing sleeves, especially a narrow board that fits inside a coat sleeve.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sleeveboard¹

First recorded in 1820–30; sleeve + board

Example Sentences

Another tailor, James Wright, also brought before the Lord Mayor on the same day for the like offence, had hit his wife twice on the head with a sleeveboard, cutting open her skull in three places, had struck her with his fist in the face, and continued to knock her about for three or four minutes.

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