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It's a term that was originally used about 1,000 years ago in England. For a fee, innkeepers would provide travelers (usually people on religious pilgrimages) with a room for the night and food (board). The food was served from a makeshift, temporary table--usually a wooden board set up on two sawhorse-like structures.

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