shopboard en · NOUN
Etymology
From shop + board.
Meanings
- (historical) A tradesman's counter or table where goods for sale are displayed.
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(historical) A workbench or platform on which a tradesman, especially a tailor, sits to work.
[N]or is there any place to let your legs hang down in, passengers sitting upon a platform like tailors on their shopboard.
1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 206
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shopboards | Number=Plur | lexicographic |