deal board

noun

A light wooden board made of fir or pine.

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Meanings

noundeal board (plural deal boards)

plural deal boards

  1. A light wooden board made of fir or pine.

    [T]hey were very much surprized to find, upon inquiry, that Pallet could not swim, it being as natural for a Dutchman, as a deal-board,to float upon the surface.

    1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
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    Some Houses were, indeed, entirely lock'd up, the Doors padlocked, the Windows and Doors having Deal-Boards nail'd over them, and only the Inspection of them committed to the ordinary Watchmen and Parish Oficers […].

    1722 March, H[enry] F[oe] [pseudonym; Daniel Defoe], A Journal of the Plague Year: […], London: […] E[lizabeth] Nutt […]; J. Roberts […]; A. Dodd […]; and J. Graves […], →OCLC
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APA

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MLA

“deal board.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deal%20board. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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