- Flashboard
- Flashboard Flash"board`, n. A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level; a flushboard. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
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Flashboard
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flashboard — [flash′bôrd΄] n. a board or boards placed at the top of a dam to increase the depth or force of the stream … English World dictionary
flashboard — noun Date: circa 1774 one or more boards projecting above the top of a dam to increase the depth of the water … New Collegiate Dictionary
flashboard — /flash bawrd , bohrd /, n. Civ. Engin. a board, or one of a series of boards, as on a milldam, used to increase the depth of the impounded water. [1760 70; FLASH + BOARD] * * * … Universalium
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flashboard — /ˈflæʃbɔd/ (say flashbawd) noun a board, or one of a series of boards, as on a milldam, used to increase the depth of the impounded water …
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