In all these manufactures the sole of the foot is used both by men and women as a work-board.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Settlement at Port Jackson] Reference

"That would be droll enough!" cried the blacksmith, breaking out into such an uproar of laughter that Owen himself and the bell glasses on his work-board quivered in unison.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories] Reference

` ` That would be droll enough! '' cried the blacksmith, breaking out into such an uproar of laughter that Owen himself and the bell glasses on his work-board quivered in unison.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Artist of the Beautiful] Reference