Billboard

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. A flat surface, as of a panel or of a fence, on which
        bills are posted; a bulletin board. especially, A large
        board out of doors and visible to passers-by, on which the
        space is rented for advertising purposes; also, the
        advertising displayed on such a board.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  billboard
       n : large outdoor signboard [syn: {hoarding}]