Word Study
shovelboard
CIDE DICTIONARY
shovelboard, n.
- 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
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