English Explanatory Dictionary

knifeboard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

knifeboard knifeboards

Etymology

From knife + board.

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