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/rˈənɪŋ bɔrd/ Listen

Running board

noun

A narrow footboard serving as a step beneath the doors of some old cars.

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"Running board" Quotes from Famous Books

... think we're nice," responded Sally, gathering her white skirts about her. "Jo, be careful—don't get that peaches-and-cream frill against the running board." ...

— Strawberry Acres • Grace S. Richmond

... into the level road and were forced to drive more slowly, for the highway was no longer empty. A big tractor was lumbering ahead, farm wagons turned out for them to pass, and hastily dressed men were thronging alongside. Two of them jumped upon the running board, but, seeing who sat in the car, muttered some imprecation and dropped off again. Anthony Crawford stood up ...

— The Windy Hill • Cornelia Meigs

... would be one way to get there. He went back to where the automobile had stood and searched there for some sign of those who had ridden this far. But if any man left that machine, he had stepped from the running board upon rock, and so had left no telltale ...

— Starr, of the Desert • B. M Bower

... obliged to slow down to turn the corner; so it was easy for the reckless Frenchy and Ikey to jump upon the running board of the car. ...

— Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns - Sinking the German U-Boats • Halsey Davidson

... hand gratefully, and then closed the door. Carroll, inhaling the bracing air of the winter night, proceeded briskly to the curb. Then, standing with one foot on the running board of his car, he stared peculiarly at the big white house standing starkly in ...

— Midnight • Octavus Roy Cohen