highboard

English

Alternative forms

• high board

Noun

highboard (plural highboards)

1. A diving board placed at a high elevation above a pool of water.
   • 1998, Chronicle of the Olympics, DK Pub, page 39

     Helen Wainwright and Thelma Payne. In the highboard diving event, she took fifth place. ”

   • 1977, Lipsyte, Robert, One Fat Summer, Harper & Row, page 12:

     Him climb slowly to the top of the platform and step out on the twenty-foot highboard. I got a stomachache just seeing someone up that high. He smiled and waved.”

2. A tall piece of furniture with cabinets or shelves.