tailboard

English

Etymology

tail +‎ board

Noun

tailboard (plural tailboards)

A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading; a tailgate.
- 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep:
  The man in the very new overalls was just heaving a box up on the tailboard.

Translations

tailgate — see tailgate

Anagrams

broadtail

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