flashboard
1Flashboard — 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] …
2flashboard — [flash′bôrd΄] n. a board or boards placed at the top of a dam to increase the depth or force of the stream …
3flashboard — noun Date: circa 1774 one or more boards projecting above the top of a dam to increase the depth of the water …
4flashboard — /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] * * * …
5flashboard — noun a board used for sending more water from a mill dam into a mill race …
6flashboard — /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 …
7flashboard — noun boarding place along the top of a dam to increase its height • Syn: ↑flashboarding • Hypernyms: ↑boarding …
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10Flushboard — Flush board , n. Same as {Flashboard}. [1913 Webster] …