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Tailboard

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading; a tailgate.

    "She got one knee up under him and hurled him off, and was over the tail-board in a flash, landing on her feet like a cat, and panting hard, by the sudden release of a violent emotion."

  2. 2
    a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading wordnet

Etymology

From tail + board.

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