running board

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   a narrow footboard serving as a step beneath the doors of some old cars

   Broaderfootboard

   Part ofcar

Questions about running board

What does running board mean?

running board means "a narrow footboard serving as a step beneath the doors of some old cars".

Is running board a common word?

running board is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.