back-board

She noticed the glass and the back-board in the square bedroom.

Lady Chatterley's Lover 2004

Unfortunately, on the back-board somebody had scribbled little sketches, and the initials, several times repeated: C.S. R.

Lady Chatterley's Lover 2004

So I transferred myself to an armoured car, put sixty pounds of gun-cotton on the back-board, and told the driver to push in under the arch.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003

The back-board should tilt back slightly to let the child stand straight up (1).

Chapter 7 1999

He is choke-full of hope and life, notwithstanding the cold, and kicks his heels against the back-board, and would like to sing, only he doesn't know how his friend the silent guard might take it.

Tom Brown's Schooldays Hughes, Thomas, 1822-1896 1971

Drive a row of lath nails into the top and bottom edges of the back-board about half their length at 2 inch intervals.

Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration Albert B. Farnham

If two good sized rectangular holes are cut in the back-board just in front of the hind legs and behind the shoulders they will be useful later in shaping the body by sewing back and forth with a mattress needle and cord.

Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration Albert B. Farnham

A tail wire stapled to the top of the back-board completes the frame.

Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration Albert B. Farnham

Supporting rods more than 1/2 inch in diameter must have both ends threaded and be connected with the back-board by iron squares.

Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration Albert B. Farnham

By changing these from one hole to another it is possible to vary the distance somewhat between the front and hind legs without moving the iron squares on the back-board.

Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration Albert B. Farnham