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fingerboard

fingerboard

8.9
A wooden sign shaped like a hand pointing the way to places
  • noun
  • /ˈfɪŋɡərˌbɔrd/
  • Archaic
translation icon : señalizador
  • The old country road had a wooden fingerboard pointing the way to the next village.

Examples

  • A weathered fingerboard stood at the crossroads, its painted hand faded with age.

  • The fingerboard pointed towards the hiking trail.

  • Travelers relied on the fingerboard to guide them through the winding lanes.

  • Can you see the fingerboard over there?

  • The wooden fingerboard at the intersection showed the way to the nearest park.

  • She noticed a fingerboard by the path that indicated a shortcut to the beach.

  • Following the fingerboard, they found their way to the historic site.

Synonyms

fingerpost
vsfingerboard
  • UK
9.3

A post with a pointing sign that shows which way to go

is the same object but uses a different word for it

Surface Forms

fingerboard singular
fingerboards plural

Morphology

fingerboard = finger + board (semi-transparent) = finger + board

The parts are recognizable, but the specific conventional object (a hand-shaped signpost) is a specialized sense not fully derivable from simply 'finger' + 'board'.

Etymology

Fingerboard comes from finger + board, meaning a 'board with a finger'. A helpful way to remember it is that old signposts often had a painted hand or finger on a wooden board to point the way, so a fingerboard is a guide that shows direction.