guideboard en · NOUN
Etymology
From guide + board.
Meanings
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A board, as upon a guidepost bearing road directions.
they cannot go astray so long as they carry their guideboard about with them - a delusion we often practise upon ourselves with our high and mighty reason
1871, James Russell Lowell, My Study Windows:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| guideboards | Number=Plur | lexicographic |