English

knifeboard

From knife + board.

A compound of knife + board

Old English cnīf

Middle English knyf ‘knife’

English knife

Proto-Germanic *burdą ‘board’

Proto-West Germanic *bord ‘board’

Old English bord ‘board’

Middle English boord

English board

Today it means

noun A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / knifeboard