Billboard

Billboard
Billboard Bill"board`, n. 1. (Naut.) A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor to rest on. --Totten. [1913 Webster]

2. A flat surface, as of a panel or of a fence, on which bills are posted; a bulletin board. especially, A large board out of doors and visible to passers-by, on which the space is rented for advertising purposes; also, the advertising displayed on such a board. [1913 Webster +PJC]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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