knifeboard

English

noun
Definitions
  • A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.
  • (historical) A way of arranging benches back to back, resembling a knifeboard; common on the open upper deck of early double-deck omnibuses and trams.
  • (historical) An early bus with narrow, restrictive seating; a knifeboard bus.

Etymology

Compound from English knife (and traded, used, by the T'satsot'n, owned, a tool prominently made) + English board (plank).

Origin

English

board

Gloss

plank

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