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shovel hat | shovel in | shovel-nosed | shovelard | shovelbill | shovelboard | shoveler | shovelful | shovelhead | shoveller | shovelnose

shovelboard

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Noun
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shov=el=board

CIDE DICTIONARY

shovelboardn. 
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

shovelboard, n. a game played esp. on a ship's deck by pushing discs with the hand or with a long-handled shovel over a marked surface.

Etymology
earlier shoveboard f. SHOVE + BOARD

For further exploring for "shovelboard" in Webster Dictionary Online


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