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bord¹

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See board.

noun bords · bourde

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of board A jenkin is then carried up the pillar alongside the old bords […]
  2. obsolete Obsolete form of bourd

bord²

Where it comes from

From board, which is also a less common variant of bord; probably from the former practice of laying boards in mine passageways to form a relatively smooth surface along which the coal was dragged in sledges.

noun bords

  1. The coalface parallel to the natural fissures.

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@misc{bord_2026,
  title = {bord},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bord},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}