1839, "plank mounted on four wheels," from board (n.1) + buck "body of a cart or wagon" (1690s), perhaps representing a dialectal survival of Old English buc "belly, body, trunk" (see bucket). As a type of vehicle constructed this way, from 1860.
buccal
buccaneer
Bucephalus
buck
buckaroo
buckboard
bucket
buckeye
buckhorn
Buckinghamshire
buckish