Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A broad board or bench on which work (especially tailors' work) is done.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A bench or board on which work is performed; a workbench.

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  • noun archaic A workbench.

Etymologies

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shop +‎ board

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Examples

  • Mateo, when an urchin, used to be an attentive listener to the narratives of his grandfather, and of the gossip group assembled round the shopboard; and is thus possessed of a stock of valuable knowledge concerning the Alhambra, not to be found in books, and well worthy the attention of every curious traveller.

    The Alhambra 2002

  • Mateo, when an urchin, used to be an attentive listener to the narratives of his grandfather, and of the gossip group assembled round the shopboard; and is thus possessed of a stock of valuable knowledge concerning the Alhambra, not to be found in books, and well worthy the attention of every curious traveller.

    The Alhambra 2002

  • He sprang from the shopboard, and ran down with his comrades to the beach, to gaze upon the glorious sight.

    How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success Major A.R. Calhoon

  • He was almost bent double with constant labour at his shopboard; and his eyes seemed not to have benefited by his application, for a pair of glasses were mounted on his nose.

    The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan James Morier

  • I think that had I been permitted to select my own profession in childhood, I should in all probability have bound myself apprentice to a tailor, for I always envied the comfortable seat which they appeared to enjoy upon the shopboard.

    The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction Various 1909

  • It is a pitiful sight, and when one by one the women have made their bargains, we notice that the shopboard is depleted of its heap of scrags and odds and ends.

    London's Underworld Thomas Holmes 1882

  • By perseverance he soon learned to read; and the hours which he devoted to his education were at night, after he had finished his daily labour upon the shopboard.

    The New President of the United States 1865

  • He sprang from the shopboard, and ran down with his comrades to the beach, to gaze upon the glorious sight.

    Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance Samuel Smiles 1858

  • I returned her salute when she seated her upon the shopboard and asked me saying, "O master, hast thou any pieces of choice Indian stuffs?"

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • But to go back daily from the drawing-room and the publisher's to the goose and the shopboard, was too much for my weakness, even if it had been physically possible, as, thank Heaven, it was not.

    Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography Charles Kingsley 1847

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