buckboard

English

noun
Definitions
  • A simple, distinctively American four-wheeled horse-drawn wagon designed for personal transport as well as for transporting animal fodder and domestic goods, often with a spring-mounted seat for the driver.

Etymology

Compound from English buck (dollar, male goat, male deer) + English board (plank).

Origin

English

board

Gloss

plank

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