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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SHOVELBOARD

SHOVELBOARD 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.

New American Oxford Dictionary

shovelboard

shov el board |ˈSHəvəlˌbôrd ˈʃəvəlˌbɔ (ə )rd | ▶noun British term for shuffleboard. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: alteration of obsolete shoveboard, from shove + board .

Oxford Dictionary

shovelboard

shovel |board |ˈʃʌv (ə )lbɔːd | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. a game played by pushing discs with the hand or with a long-handled shovel over a marked surface. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: alteration of obsolete shoveboard, from shove + board .