Handboard

Quick meaning: Handboard is a noun meaning A board that is held in the hand or attached by a strap, used like a paddle when bodysurfing.

Meaning

A board that is held in the hand or attached by a strap, used like a paddle when bodysurfing.

More Meanings

1. A tablet-sized surface for writing or displaying text and images.
2. A small hand-painted wooden sign, especially one indicating the direction (and possibly distance) to a particular location.
3. A device for securing, supporting, or guiding the hand; a handrest or splint.
4. A long narrow board with a catch for holding a dart, spear, or harpoon used as a throwing device.
5. A flat surface with a handle on one side, used by a mason or plasterer; a hawk or mortarboard.
6. An artist's palette.
7. (obsolete) A washboard.

Example Sentences

"All I see him doing is riding this handboard," says Nellis.

Villy focuses on the saucer pearl like a bodysurfer leaning into a handboard.

Having occasion for a writing handboard, such as could be bought in London for 2s. 6d. or less, I was charged 7s. 6d. for one in Montreal.

The usual handboard is made of thin light wood such as plywood, about a foot long and nine inches wide, with a curved front, straight sides, and a sawn-off rear end.

Word Forms

• handboards
• handboarding
• handboarded

Synonyms for handboard

Depending on context, synonyms include handplane.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include kick-board, paddleboard, snakeboard, kickboard, landboarding, stopboard.

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