rabbit board

Noun

rabbit board (plural rabbit boards)

1. (Australia, New Zealand) An authority responsible for the management and control of wild rabbits.
   • You speak of rabbit boards in the other colonies.[…]You have had nothing to do with the rabbit boards in Queensland?1899, South Australian Parliament, Proceedings of the Parliament of South Australia, volume 3, page 227
   • I think the time is not too far distant when there will need to be rabbit boards appointed to deal with the pest locally, and with that in view I have had a draft of a new Act prepared by the Crown Law Department making provision for such, and have submitted it to you for your approval.1907, Western Australian Department of Agriculture, Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Western Australia, Volume 15, Issue 1, page 325
2. A board on which a rabbit may be immobilised.
   • Rabbits are fastened upon rabbit-boards and anesthetized with a mixture of three parts of ether and one of alcohol.1902, Harold Clarence Ernst, Animal Experimentation, page 97
   • The laboratory should be supplied with chemical work tables and sinks ; a fume chamber; large water bath for 40 and 100 degrees C.; dog and rabbit boards; analytical balance; scales weighting 0.01 gm. to 20 gm.;[…].1902, American Medical Association, The Journal of the American Medical Association, volume 39, page 544