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The Collaborative International 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.

Wiktionary
shovelboard

n. (alternative form of shuffleboard English)

WordNet
shovelboard

n. a game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surface [syn: shuffleboard]

Usage examples of "shovelboard".

No, no, but I hear only that you go to the tavern every night, and play shovelboard with the Deputy Governor, and they give you cider.