Billboard
a flat surface or board, usually outdoors, on which large advertisements or notices are posted.
to place, advertise, proclaim, etc., on or as if on a billboard:
The movie was billboarded as the year’s biggest hit.
anchor bed.
Contemporary Examples
The Prozac Costs Extra Blake Gopnik April 29, 2012
Bra of the Century Rebecca Dana June 14, 2010
How Pharrell Williams Finally Made It to the Top Justin Jones August 5, 2014
‘Rihanna 777’ Documentary Sheds Light on Tour, Leaves Out Some Details Jean Trinh May 6, 2013
Excerpts From a New Johnny Cash Biography Capture His Iconoclastic Genius Robert Hilburn October 25, 2013
Historical Examples
The New Pun Book Thomas A. Brown and Thomas Joseph Carey
Woodrow Wilson and the World War Charles Seymour
Hints to Pilgrims Charles Stephen Brooks
Vignettes Of San Francisco Almira Bailey
Cape Cod and All the Pilgrim Land, June 1922, Volume 6, Number 4 Various
noun
another name for hoarding
noun
a fitting at the bow of a vessel for securing an anchor
n.
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