Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SOUND'ING-BOARD
SOUND'ING-BOARD, n.
- A board or structure with a flat surface, suspended over a pulpit to prevent the sound the preacher's voice from ascending, and thus propagated it farther in a horizontal direction. [Used in American churches.]
- In musical instruments, the thin board placed under the strings, as in a violin.
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