tailboard

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tailboard

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From tail + board.

noun tailboards

A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading; a tailgate. She got one knee up under him and hurled him off, and was over the tail-board in a flash, landing on her feet like a cat, and panting hard, by the sudden release of a violent emotion.

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"tailboard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tailboard. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"tailboard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tailboard.

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@misc{tailboard_2026,
  title = {tailboard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tailboard},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}