Meanings of mortar board in English

Lisa Lees, 43, a beauty therapist from Oldham, was photographed in a mortar board and gown.

George stood up, dutifully shook hands, doffed his mortar board, and left the study without another word.

George took off his long black gown and mortar board, and threw them in the nearest wastepaper basket.

George straightened his gown and took off his mortar board before knocking on the door of the outer office.

In the coal shed he found her, his mother, seated in the darkness in the corner, seated on a mortar board.

Yet both are deluged with the official and industrial marketing that a mortar board and gown is worth an extra £100,000 over a lifetime.

A graduating student has "I Did It" written on her mortar board during Commencement Exercises at Boston College in Boston, Massachusetts May 19, 2014.

Graduating student Katherine Thomas has "I Did It" written on her mortar board during Commencement Exercises at Boston College in Boston, Massachusetts May 19, 2014.

Past pupils of the local school, they've both been recently conferred with a BA in pedagogy and wear their gowns and mortar boards proudly.