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See Dashboard, n., 2 (b).

An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising.

A boat sent to make discoveries and bring intelligence. Arbuthnot.

That side of a vessel which is one of the right hand of a person who stands on board facing the bow; -- opposed to Ant: larboard, or Ant: port.

A boat or vessel propelled by steam power; -- generally used of river or coasting craft, as distinguished from ocean steamers.

The occupation or business of running a steamboat, or of transporting merchandise, passengers, etc., by steamboats.

A place into which rubbish is put. [Written also stowbord.]

Pasteboard made of pulp of straw.

Same as Stringpiece.

A boat intended for use in heavy surf. It is built with a pronounced sheer, and with a view to resist the shock of waves and of contact with the beach.

The board at the rear end of a cart or wagon, which can be removed or let down, for convenience in loading or unloading.

A larger, swifter, and more powerful armed type of torpedo boat, originally intended principally for the destruction of torpedo boats, but later used also as a more formidable torpedo boat.

A vessel constructed for being towed, as a canal boat.

A boat used in fishing with trawls or trawlnets.

See Tread, n., 5.

See Tug, n., 3.

The English name for a catboat; -- so called because Una was the name of the first boat of this kind taken to England. D. Kemp.

Under the board, or table; hence, secretly; unfairly; underhand. See the Note under Aboveboard.

ing roof (see Verge, n., 4), and in position parallel to the gable wall. Called also bargeboard.

A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing them.