A footboard extending along the side of a vehicle, typically found on early models of car.
Example sentencesExamples
This is the era when the middle class had ‘staff’, cars had running-boards, there was still a Ladies' Gallery in Parliament, and gentlemen ‘quaffed their ale’ and belonged to the Frothblowers Club.
Definition of running board in US English:
running board
nounˈrəniNG bô(ə)rd
A footboard extending along the side of a vehicle, typically found on trucks, SUVs, and some early models of automobiles.
Example sentencesExamples
This is the era when the middle class had ‘staff’, cars had running-boards, there was still a Ladies' Gallery in Parliament, and gentlemen ‘quaffed their ale’ and belonged to the Frothblowers Club.