SOUNDING-BOARD

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano, in a violin, and in some other musical instruments.

2.
n.

A board or structure placed behind or over a pulpit or rostrum to give distinctness to a speaker's voice.

3.
n.

See Sound boarding, under Sound, a noise.