shovelboard

noun

1

archaic : shove-halfpenny

also : a coin or table used in playing shove-halfpenny

2

: shuffleboard sense 2

Word History

Etymology

alteration (influenced by shovel entry 1) of obsolete English shove-board, from shove entry 1 + board

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