buckboard - Definition from the BICYCLES, CARTS, HORSES topic - TECHNOLOGY

Topic: BICYCLES, CARTS, HORSES

Date:	1600-1700
Origin:	buck 'main structure of a carriage or cart' (17-19 centuries) (perhaps from bouk 'body, belly' (11-19 centuries), from Old English buc; BUCKET) + board

buckboard
noun

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[countable]

TTB a light vehicle with four wheels that is pulled by a horse, and was used in the US in the 19th century

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