trade board
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
An official council set up to regulate the conditions of labour in certain trades that otherwise might be "sweated.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “trade board” mean?
An official council set up to regulate the conditions of labour in certain trades that otherwise might be "sweated.
Is “trade board” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.