noticeboardn.
/ˈnəʊtᵻsbɔːd/, U.S. /ˈnoʊdəsˌbɔrd/ 1. A board bearing a notice; = signboard n.
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1819 F. Jowers Let. 28 Apr. in 2nd Rep. Commissioners Educ. Poor App. 301 Ascertaining whether any of the ground on the north side of the Bow road, was let prior to a notice board being fixed up for that purpose.
1850 Internat. Mag. Lit., Art & Sci. 1 Oct. 376/2 On the very first Sunday after the exhibition of those notice-boards, there was a ferment in the grove of Rockville... Great crowds were collected before each of these obnoxious placards.
1887 Spectator 26 Mar. 415/1 We were confronted by a notice-board threatening vengeance on trespassers.
1904 Car 7 240/2 Road signs... The conference held..to consider the desirability of uniformity of action with regard to signs and notice boards.
1948 F. C. Cornford Travelling Home 27 Because no notice-board was nailed With clear directing words That none might stray, Only my heart could find me out the way.
1987 B. Moore Colour of Blood ix. 65 At the entrance was a notice board giving the hours of services.
2. A board to which notices may be fixed; (esp. North American) = bulletin-board n. at bulletin n. Compounds.
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1851 Laws New Synagogue, Great St. Helen's, London 49 Notice shall be given, by proclamation..on two successive Sabbaths, and to be affixed on the usual notice board of the Synagogue.
1885 Nature 26 Nov. 82/2 Particulars of the place and cost of the dinner, &c, will be posted on the notice board in the reception room.
1905 tr. Procedure Code i. iii. in E. Todd Treat. Belgian Law 372 A similar extract shall be affixed to the notice board placed for the purpose in the court room of the Commercial Court.
1972 H. A. Harris Sport Greece & Rome iii. 96 Hundreds of such notices appear every day on the notice-boards of schools and clubs all over the world.
2003 K. O'Hara Public & Situated Displays vii. 181 Noticeboards are used as a place to display mail of short-term relevance: things like invoices, concert tickets, appointment cards and invitations, [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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