packboard

[ pak-bawrd, -bohrd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a rigid wooden or metal frame, covered with fabric and having shoulder straps, to which equipment can be strapped for carrying.

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First recorded in 1935–40; pack ¹ + board

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Examples have not been reviewed.

Here is a packboard and a jerrycan.

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The final event of the day was the 600-yd. packboard relay race, with a 50-lb. sack of sand strapped to the pack-board.

He lashed the gas can solidly to his packboard, slipped the end of the hose into the flexible spout and wired it tight.

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