stop board

English

Noun

stop board (plural stop boards)

1. Alternative form of stopboard.
   • 1953 November, John Bourne, “The Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 744:

     Stop boards were provided to halt B.P.G.V.R. trains, and the drivers had to satisfy themselves that the line was not occupied before proceeding slowly.