shovelboard Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surface
    shuffleboard.

WordNet


Shov"el*board` noun
Definitions
  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. now usu. shuffleboard.
  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.

Webster 1913