handboard

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

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.

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

A tablet-sized surface for writing or displaying text and images.

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.

These forms can be fastened to a handboard by means of thumb tacks and some blank pieces of paper for use in keeping tab on various features can be fastened in a bunch by a string and attached to the board.

A small hand-painted wooden sign, especially one indicating the direction (and possibly distance) to a particular location.

A schoolmaster's etymology is a stupid affair, a handboard at the entrance of a cul-de-sac, or blind alley.

I am not one, Mr. Editor, who would discard the knowledge gained by vivisection or physiological medicine; they have their place, but at best can but serve as handboards to guide us on to grander truths, learned clinically.

A device for securing, supporting, or guiding the hand; a handrest or splint.

The scaffold was reached by a ladder projecting about a foot above the top of the scaffold , and then a handboard , fastened on one side , extended between one and two feet higher than the ladder .

A short handboard may be required to limit wrist motion . If restraints are necessary they should be applied around the handboard, not the patient's wrist, as this could cause arterial pressure interference and increase the risk of catheter kinking or dislodgement.

A long narrow board with a catch for holding a dart, spear, or harpoon used as a throwing device.

If the oar is lost past recovery, they attempt to jerk themselves upwards by striking the water with the handboard of the harpoon, or a knife, or even the palm of the hand; but this experiment rarely succeeds.

The weapon is in very general use at Point Barrow , and is always thrown from the boat with a handboard ( to be described below ) .

To bodysurf using a handboard.

To finish leather using a handboard.

This is obtained by a method of handboarding instead of the usual process of embossing.

Comber and gill box apron leather is soft, mellow, and tough, tanned from steer hides, heavily stuffed, and usually handboarded or otherwise softened.