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running boards

running boards is the plural of running board.

Meaning of running board

Noun

running board (plural running boards)

  1. A narrow board serving as a step beneath the doors of some cars.
    • One of the "locomotors", a 72 h.p. machine for light yard shunting which can be driven by a shunter from the running board. [A long step on the side just above rail level]1962 March, “Dutch diesel and electric locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 173, photo caption
  2. A narrow footway above the driving wheels of some steam locomotives, and along the sides of some diesel locomotives.

Questions about running boards

What is running boards the plural of?
Running boards is the plural of running board.

Words near running boards in the dictionary

  1. running before
  2. running behind
  3. running block
  4. running blocks
  5. running board
  6. running boards
  7. running by
  8. running circles around
  9. running commentaries
  10. running commentary
  11. running counter

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