Meanings
nounrunning board (plural running boards)
plural running boards
- A narrow board serving as a step beneath the doors of some cars.
One of the "locomotors", a 72 h.p. machine for light yard shunting which can be driven by a shunter from the running board. [A long step on the side just above rail level]
1962 March, “Dutch diesel and electric locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 173, photo caption - rail transportA narrow footway above the driving wheels of some steam locomotives, and along the sides of some diesel locomotives.
Translations
Afrikaans treeplank
- treeplankstep under the car door
Catalan marxapeu
- marxapeustep under the car door
Chinese Mandarin 跑板
- 跑板 (pǎobǎn)step under the car door
Dutch treeplank
- treeplankstep under the car door
Finnish astinlauta
- astinlautastep under the car door
French marchepied
- marchepiedstep under the car door
German Trittbrett
- Trittbrettstep under the car door
Japanese 踏み板, 踏み段
- 踏み板 (fumiita)step under the car door
- 踏み段 (fumidan)step under the car door
- ステップ (suteppu)step under the car door
Polish stopień
- stopieństep under the car door
Portuguese estribo
- estribostep under the car door
Russian подно́жка, ступе́нька
- подно́жка (podnóžka)step under the car door
- ступе́нька (stupénʹka)step under the car door
Spanish estribo
- estribostep under the car door
Turkish marşpiye
- marşpiyestep under the car door
Ukrainian підні́жка, схо́динка
- підні́жка (pidnížka)step under the car door
- схо́динка (sxódynka)step under the car door
Cite this entry
APA
running board. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/running%20board
MLA
“running board.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/running%20board. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “running board,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/running%20board.
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