Hypertext Webster Gateway: "billboard"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Billboard \Bill"board`\, n.
1. (Naut.) A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates,
and fixed on the bow or fore channels of a vessel, for the
bill or fluke of the anchor to rest on. --Totten.
2. A flat surface, as of a panel or of a fence, on which
bills are posted; a bulletin board.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
billboard
n : large outdoor signboard [syn: {hoarding}]
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