Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In printing, a strong movable board upon which types are placed for distribution or for temporary stowage.
- noun The broad smooth board on the outside of a railroad-car, above the cornice and windows, on which is painted the name of the road or other legend. Also called
frieze . - noun The board or part of a vessel which carries its name and hailing-port.
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Examples
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Back then, my son was just learning how to use a letter-board as a means of communication and we were unsure of how much he understood of what he heard.
Chantal Sicile-Kira: Breaking News in San Diego: The Marines are Looking for A Few Good Men 2009
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The next day in a workshop, Jeremy was asked to demonstrate his letter-board capabilities to a group of people watching on a video monitor in a separate room.
Chantal Sicile-Kira: Breaking News in San Diego: The Marines are Looking for A Few Good Men 2009
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I raised my hand to the letter-board, meaning to effect a swift and lawless rescue, but paused at sound of a footstep behind me.
A. V. Laider 1916
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But this was the first time I had ever seen an envelop of mine eating its heart out in bondage on a letter-board.
A. V. Laider 1916
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He wants to know what was odd about this particular letter-board before which I was standing.
A. V. Laider 1916
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Perhaps the alarm had already been raised by the tolling of that great bell which warns the inhabitants for miles around that a letter has broken loose from the letter-board.
A. V. Laider 1916
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This was the letter which now, at my second visit, I had found miserably pent on the letter-board.
A. V. Laider 1916
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As we walked home, I told my monkey that was the last time; and my letter-board sign mischief monkey only grinned a little wider.
Adland 2009
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I am adult now, but my letter-board sign mischief monkey is still my friend, and one day, a few years ago, my monkey and me decided to relive old times.
Adland 2009
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Back then, it was pretty easy to do until they put the locked cage screen over the letter-board sign to prevent sign mischief; but in recent years, a new kind of advertising sign appeared.
Adland 2009
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