Definition of Running board

1. Noun. A narrow footboard serving as a step beneath the doors of some old cars.

Group relationships: Auto, Automobile, Car, Machine, Motorcar
Generic synonyms: Footboard

Definition of Running board

1. Noun. A narrow board serving as a step beneath the doors of some cars. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Running Board

runniest
runnily
runnin'
runniness
runninesses
running
running(a)
running-shoe
running about
running along
running around
running away
running back
running backs
running blackberry
running board
running boards
running by
running commentaries
running commentary
running dictation
running dictations
running dog
running dogs
running flush
running for
running gag
running game
running hand
running head

Literary usage of Running board

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annotated Cases, American and English by H Noyes Greene, William Mark McKinney, David Shephard Garland (1918)
"ant on an adjoining track, while riding on the loft-hand running board of the defendant ... Negligence of Carrier — Injury to Person on running board. ..."

2. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1910)
"While a Passenger Riding on the Running-board of a street-car when there is no room for him inside takes upon himself the duty of looking out for and ..."

3. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1916)
"108, the plaintiff was injured while on the left hand running board with the side bar down in violation of a rule with which he was familiar, ..."

4. Telephone Lines and Their Properties by William John Hopkins (1894)
"This running board is roughly shown in the diagram. ... In stringing wires over the lower cross-arms a divided running board is used, one half passing each ..."

5. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1917)
"But the general tendency of the cases seems to be toward restricting the meaning of the term.19 It has been held that a skid or running board laid from cars ..."

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