SHOVELBOARD

shuffleboard, shovelboard

(noun) a game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surface

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

shovelboard (countable and uncountable, plural shovelboards)

Alternative form of shuffleboard

Source: Wiktionary


Shov"el*board`, n.

1. A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard, shovegroat, shovelpenny.

2. A game played on board ship in which the aim is to shove or drive with a cue wooden disks into divisions chalked on the deck; -- called also shuffleboard.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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