BUCKBOARD

buckboard

(noun) an open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; has a seat attached to a flexible board between the two axles

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

buckboard (plural buckboards)

A simple, distinctively American four-wheeled horse-drawn wagon designed for personal transport as well as for transporting animal fodder and domestic goods, often with a spring-mounted seat for the driver.

Source: Wiktionary


Buck"board`, n.

Definition: A four-wheeled vehicle, having a long elastic board or frame resting on the bolsters or axletrees, and a seat or seats placed transversely upon it; -- called also buck wagon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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