sounding-boardn.¹

Etymology: sounding n.¹

1. A board or screen placed over or behind a pulpit or similar structure in such a manner as to reflect the speaker's voice towards the audience; = sound-board n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [noun] > echo chamber or instrument

whispering-placea1661

singing glass1669

sound-board1766

sounding-board1766

whispering-gallery1812

reverberation chamber1925

echo room1933

echo chamber1937

1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 18 A carved pulpit, a veneered sounding-board.

1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 21 Since pulpits fail, and sounding-boards reflect Most part an empty ineffectual sound.

1816 Gentleman's Mag. 86 i. 500 The sounding-board and back are much carved; the front of the former bears the date ‘1634’.

1879 J. C. Cox Notes on Churches of Derbyshire IV. 20 The sounding board of the pulpit, when in its old position, spoilt one of the capitals.

figurative and in extended use.1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vi. vi. 384 So sings the prophetic voice; into its Convention sounding-board.1876 ‘Ouida’ In Winter City ix. 261 The more fanciful feeling which makes Nature a sounding-board to echo all the cries of men.1890 B. L. Gildersleeve Ess. & Stud. 370 A super-elegant sounding-board of a man.

2. Music. = sound-board n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > [noun] > soundboard

sound-board1504

sound-board1611

sounding-board1776

1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 219 The lower part of the base of the sounding board [of the lyre].

1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Sounding-Board, in a harpsichord or piano-forte, a broad, thin board, horizontally situated, and over which the strings are distended.

1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 3437 Pianoforte with patent tubular sounding~board.

c1880 Oxford Helps Study Bible 134 [The] ‘dulcimer’ being an instrument formed of strings tightly stretched..over a rectangular sounding-board or box.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

sounding-boardn.²

Etymology: sounding n.²

rare.

A board used to ascertain the depth of water.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring depth > of any water

sounding-board1776

hook gauge1875

1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 19 Sounding Boards..of Inch Plank 12 or 14 Inches broad, divided into Feet and Inches.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	sounding-board
释义	sounding-boardn.¹ Etymology: sounding n.¹ 1. A board or screen placed over or behind a pulpit or similar structure in such a manner as to reflect the speaker's voice towards the audience; = sound-board n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [noun] > echo chamber or instrument whispering-placea1661 singing glass1669 sound-board1766 sounding-board1766 whispering-gallery1812 reverberation chamber1925 echo room1933 echo chamber1937 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 18 A carved pulpit, a veneered sounding-board. 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 21 Since pulpits fail, and sounding-boards reflect Most part an empty ineffectual sound. 1816 Gentleman's Mag. 86 i. 500 The sounding-board and back are much carved; the front of the former bears the date ‘1634’. 1879 J. C. Cox Notes on Churches of Derbyshire IV. 20 The sounding board of the pulpit, when in its old position, spoilt one of the capitals. figurative and in extended use.1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vi. vi. 384 So sings the prophetic voice; into its Convention sounding-board.1876 ‘Ouida’ In Winter City ix. 261 The more fanciful feeling which makes Nature a sounding-board to echo all the cries of men.1890 B. L. Gildersleeve Ess. & Stud. 370 A super-elegant sounding-board of a man. 2. Music. = sound-board n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > [noun] > soundboard sound-board1504 sound-board1611 sounding-board1776 1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 219 The lower part of the base of the sounding board [of the lyre]. 1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Sounding-Board, in a harpsichord or piano-forte, a broad, thin board, horizontally situated, and over which the strings are distended. 1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 3437 Pianoforte with patent tubular sounding~board. c1880 Oxford Helps Study Bible 134 [The] ‘dulcimer’ being an instrument formed of strings tightly stretched..over a rectangular sounding-board or box. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2019). sounding-boardn.² Etymology: sounding n.² rare. A board used to ascertain the depth of water. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring depth > of any water sounding-board1776 hook gauge1875 1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 19 Sounding Boards..of Inch Plank 12 or 14 Inches broad, divided into Feet and Inches. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.¹1766n.²1776
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