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endgate
n. (context US English) tailboard
Usage examples of "endgate".
She walked over to the trailer and unlatched the endgate so Ben could load the filly.
She twisted her wrist free of his hand and swung the endgate closed, then slid the locking bolt into place, shaking inside with emotion.
The bronze man left the ground in a headlong leap and got a grip on the endgate of the wheeling truck.
He took the endgate out of the wagon, and he and Ma and Laura lifted the sewing machine carefully down and carried it into the sitting 277 room, while Carrie and Grace hovered around excitedly.