Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical, the board on which the name of a ship is painted; or, in the absence of such a board, the place on the hull where the name is painted.
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Examples
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After seeing the obnoxious name-board Barnet had forgotten to open his umbrella, and the rain tapped smartly on his hat, and occasionally stroked his face as he went on.
Wessex Tales 2006
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‘I should think about sixty pound a year,’ he mused; and entering, he looked at the name-board.
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When she became so rotten as to be unfit even for a storage ship she was broken up, and her name-board was bought by Captain Kerrich, of Geldeston Hall (the son of FitzGerald's favourite sister), who was kind enough to present it to the Omar Khayyam Club.
Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants" James Blyth
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Ruth only saw the bow of the boat coming down stream herself; but suddenly she marked the small name-board with its gilt lettering:
Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands Alice B. Emerson
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One of them had brought in the name-board of a ship.
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 01 Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911
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One of them had brought in the name-board of a ship.
Pelle the Conqueror — Complete Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911
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"Well," said a boy hesitatingly, "the name-board may have been torn away by the waves; it's only been nailed on."
Pelle the Conqueror — Complete Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911
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"Well," said a boy hesitatingly, "the name-board may have been torn away by the waves; it's only been nailed on."
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 01 Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911
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Alfred Home drew up before that name-board in scorching sunshine, wiped his face, and looked at his watch.
Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales Arthur Shearly Cripps 1910
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The siding was on such soil as recalled South Devon; flanking the name-board there were a few pepper-trees with dry, fern-like foliage, and bunches of red berries just then, the month being
Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales Arthur Shearly Cripps 1910
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