rackboard

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noun

A long board drilled with holes to support the pipes as part of an organ.

OriginEnglish board ← Middle English bord ← Old English bord →
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Meanings

nounrackboard (plural rackboards)

plural rackboards

  1. entertainmentA long board drilled with holes to support the pipes as part of an organ.

Origin

  1. Englishrack
  2. Proto-Germanic*burdą
  3. Proto-West Germanic*bord
  4. Old Englishbord
  5. Middle Englishbord
  6. Englishboard
  7. Englishrackboard

From rack + board.

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APA

rackboard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rackboard

MLA

“rackboard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rackboard. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rackboard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rackboard.

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