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Running board   /rˈənɪŋ bɔrd/   Listen
Running board

noun
1.
A narrow footboard serving as a step beneath the doors of some old cars.





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"Running board" Quotes from Famous Books



... hand gratefully, and then closed the door. Carroll, inhaling the bracing air of the winter night, proceeded briskly to the curb. Then, standing with one foot on the running board of his car, he stared peculiarly at the big white house standing starkly in ...
— Midnight • Octavus Roy Cohen
... for the highway was no longer empty. A big tractor was lumbering ahead, farm wagons turned out for them to pass, and hastily dressed men were thronging alongside. Two of them jumped upon the running board, but, seeing who sat in the car, muttered some imprecation and dropped off again. Anthony Crawford stood up and ...
— The Windy Hill • Cornelia Meigs
... obliged to slow down to turn the corner; so it was easy for the reckless Frenchy and Ikey to jump upon the running board of the car. ...
— Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns - Sinking the German U-Boats • Halsey Davidson
... think we're nice," responded Sally, gathering her white skirts about her. "Jo, be careful—don't get that peaches-and-cream frill against the running board." ...
— Strawberry Acres • Grace S. Richmond


Words linked to "Running board" :   automobile, car, motorcar, auto, machine, footboard


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