drawing boardn.

Brit.

/ˈdrɔː(r)ɪŋ bɔːd/, U.S.

/ˈdrɔɪŋ ˌbɔrd/,

/ˈdrɑɪŋ ˌbɔrd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: drawing n., board n.

Etymology: < drawing n. + board n. Compare drawing table n. 2.Compare also the following isolated earlier example in the sense ‘table with extra leaves which may be pulled out to extend the surface area’ (compare drawing table n. 1):1607 Edinb. Test. XLIII. f. 46^v in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Drawing Ane drawing burde with ane furme.

A board designed or intended to hold paper for drawing on; esp. a rectangular one set at an adjustable angle on a stand, having an attached ruler or straightedge which slides up and down, and typically used for technical drawing. Cf. drawing table n. 2.

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1701 T. Tuttell Descr. Math. Instruments in J. Moxon Math. made Easie (ed. 3) 19 Square... Sometimes made with a joint..and sometimes has a back to use on a drawing Board, or anything that has the Edges very strait to guide the Square.

1873 Industr. Monthly Mar. 44/2 The drawing-board should be one inch in thickness, have a smooth surface, and the edges square one with another.

1956 Daily Mail 26 Apr. 14/3 A bewildering confusion of pens, ink, rulers, pages of rough sketches, two huge drawing boards, tea cups, and odd pieces of sponge cake.

2008 C. Oulton Unsafe Attachments (2009) p. xv The architect gently lifts her elbow off the drawing board to inspect a detail.

Phrases

P1. on the drawing board: (of a project, proposal, or scheme) under consideration, or in the preliminary stages of planning, development, or implementation.

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1929 Times 18 Apr. 14/1 The plans were on the drawing board in the amazingly short time of three weeks and four days.

1939 Manch. Guardian 5 Aug. 15/6 The Air Force was out of date five years after the first 'plane was on the drawing-board.

1965 New Statesman 9 Apr. 561/1 The super-fast giants..are now coming on to the drawing boards.

1985 D. Allen Finally Truffaut xxvi. 217 Of three other projects on the drawing-board, an untitled work on France from 1900 to 1914 was by far the most ambitious.

2016 Salt Lake Tribune (Nexis) 29 Dec. Proposals to protect these sacred lands have been on the drawing board for 80 years.

P2. back to the drawing board: used to indicate that an idea, plan, etc., has proved unsuccessful and that a new one must be devised; ‘back to square one’.

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1941 New Yorker 1 Mar. 17 (caption) Well, back to the old drawing board.

1969 Times 12 June 24/2 If prices do not respond by the end of the year, then, as Mr. Stein remarked recently, we shall really have to take economics right back to the drawing board and rethink all our basic assumptions from the bottom up.

2004 Sunday Mail (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 8 Aug. 68 It's back to the drawing board for Dance Hero following his shock defeat in yesterday's San Domenico Stakes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).

单词	drawing board
释义	drawing boardn. Brit. /ˈdrɔː(r)ɪŋ bɔːd/, U.S. /ˈdrɔɪŋ ˌbɔrd/, /ˈdrɑɪŋ ˌbɔrd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: drawing n., board n. Etymology: < drawing n. + board n. Compare drawing table n. 2.Compare also the following isolated earlier example in the sense ‘table with extra leaves which may be pulled out to extend the surface area’ (compare drawing table n. 1):1607 Edinb. Test. XLIII. f. 46^v in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Drawing Ane drawing burde with ane furme. A board designed or intended to hold paper for drawing on; esp. a rectangular one set at an adjustable angle on a stand, having an attached ruler or straightedge which slides up and down, and typically used for technical drawing. Cf. drawing table n. 2. ΚΠ 1701 T. Tuttell Descr. Math. Instruments in J. Moxon Math. made Easie (ed. 3) 19 Square... Sometimes made with a joint..and sometimes has a back to use on a drawing Board, or anything that has the Edges very strait to guide the Square. 1873 Industr. Monthly Mar. 44/2 The drawing-board should be one inch in thickness, have a smooth surface, and the edges square one with another. 1956 Daily Mail 26 Apr. 14/3 A bewildering confusion of pens, ink, rulers, pages of rough sketches, two huge drawing boards, tea cups, and odd pieces of sponge cake. 2008 C. Oulton Unsafe Attachments (2009) p. xv The architect gently lifts her elbow off the drawing board to inspect a detail. Phrases P1. on the drawing board: (of a project, proposal, or scheme) under consideration, or in the preliminary stages of planning, development, or implementation. ΚΠ 1929 Times 18 Apr. 14/1 The plans were on the drawing board in the amazingly short time of three weeks and four days. 1939 Manch. Guardian 5 Aug. 15/6 The Air Force was out of date five years after the first 'plane was on the drawing-board. 1965 New Statesman 9 Apr. 561/1 The super-fast giants..are now coming on to the drawing boards. 1985 D. Allen Finally Truffaut xxvi. 217 Of three other projects on the drawing-board, an untitled work on France from 1900 to 1914 was by far the most ambitious. 2016 Salt Lake Tribune (Nexis) 29 Dec. Proposals to protect these sacred lands have been on the drawing board for 80 years. P2. back to the drawing board: used to indicate that an idea, plan, etc., has proved unsuccessful and that a new one must be devised; ‘back to square one’. ΚΠ 1941 New Yorker 1 Mar. 17 (caption) Well, back to the old drawing board. 1969 Times 12 June 24/2 If prices do not respond by the end of the year, then, as Mr. Stein remarked recently, we shall really have to take economics right back to the drawing board and rethink all our basic assumptions from the bottom up. 2004 Sunday Mail (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 8 Aug. 68 It's back to the drawing board for Dance Hero following his shock defeat in yesterday's San Domenico Stakes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < n.1701
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