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running board
noun
- a small ledge, step, or footboard, formerly beneath the doors of an automobile, to assist passengers entering or leaving the car.
running board
noun
- a footboard along the side of a vehicle, esp an early motorcar
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Word History and Origins
Origin of running board1
1810–20, in sense “platform from which a large pole boat is poled,” Americanism
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Example Sentences
And with one foot on the running board, he was slammed to the ground hard, rolling his head against a tree.
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Bud, twisting his head, saw a pair of slippered feet beside the running board.
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Panting, Chester flung himself upon the running-board just as the car turned out of the yard.
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It was an open summer car with seats straight across and an outside running board.
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The engine had hardly stopped when I jumped on the running-board on one side, while Jim mounted the other.
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