"buckboard" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: buckboards [plural]
Etymology: buck + board Etymology templates: {{compound|en|buck|board}} buck + board Head templates: {{en-noun}} buckboard (plural buckboards)
  1. A simple, distinctively American four-wheeled horse-drawn wagon designed for personal transport as well as for transporting animal fodder and domestic goods, often with a spring-mounted seat for the driver. Wikipedia link: buckboard
    Sense id: en-buckboard-en-noun-vZPAYbwm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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