Sounding-board

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

  Sounding-board \Sound"ing-board`\, n.
     1. (Mus.) A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano,
        in a violin, and in some other musical instruments.
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     2. A board or structure placed behind or over a pulpit or


        rostrum to give distinctness to a speaker's voice.
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     3. pl. See {Sound boarding}, under {Sound}, a noise.
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