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Answer for the clue "A triangular board supported on casters ", 10 letters:
planchette

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A small plank. 2 (context spiritualism English) A type of Ouija board. (A small tablet of wood supported on casters and having a pencil attached. The characters produced by the pencil on paper, while the hand rests on the instrument and it is allowed ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a triangular board supported on casters; when lightly touched with the fingertips it is supposed to spell out supernatural (or unconscious) messages

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A planchette ( or ), from the French for "little plank ", is a small, usually heart-shaped flat piece of wood equipped with two wheeled castors and a pencil-holding aperture, used to facilitate automatic writing . The use of planchettes to produce mysterious ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Planchette \Plan`chette"\, n. [F. See Planchet .] A circumferentor. See Circumferentor . A small tablet of wood supported on casters and having a pencil attached. The characters produced by the pencil on paper, while the hand rests on the instrument and ...

Usage examples of planchette.

Marilena had the sense that Reiche Planchette might assume that she was as far down the road in her thinking as was Viviana, and that made her want to settle things in her own heart and mind before the meeting.

Marilena did not, however, sit and take it when Planchette attempted to sway her with an academic argument in which he was nowhere near as adept as she.

And despite the protestations of Viviana Ivinisova and Reiche Planchette, there was conflict in the spiritual realm.

And Viv had recently met with Reiche Planchette and begun to advertise and teach classes in the Cluj area.

Marilena would not argue that point, but she would never concede Nicky to Planchette, even if she had given her word about his spiritual training.

Reiche Planchette had tried to influence her raising of Nicolae from the beginning, but he had bothered to get to the cottage only once since the boy was born.

But now Planchette had requested an audience with her, and Marilena was already regretting acceding to it.

Marilena found it disconcerting that Viv busied herself in the kitchen as Planchette explained the Stonagal connection.

As she sat across from Reiche Planchette, she realized the awful truth.

She had insinuated that she could pull rank, could have Reiche Planchette arbitrate differences, that she was in a privileged position that made Marilena feel like a mere means to an end.

How she wished that either her son or her longtime friend would be thoughtful enough to help her from the car, into the cottage, into her bed so she could relax before Planchette arrived.

Would the association, Planchette, and his minions allow her to stay here at all?

She should pick it up, hang it up, try Planchette again, leave a message for the vicar, call the hospital.

Across from him, Jake stiffened, and the planchette twitched beneath their fingers.

Dana could ask her next question, however, the planchette began spinning aimlessly around the board for a moment before moving on to spell another new word.