Etymology
Advertisement

shuffleboard (n.)

also shuffle-board, 1530s, shovillaborde "shovel board," an unexplained alteration of shove-board (1520s), from shove (v.) + board (n.1). Originally a tabletop game (c. 1600), the large-scale version (1877) was improvised for play on ocean liners.

updated on September 21, 2022

Advertisement
Advertisement

Dictionary entries near shuffleboard

shtup

shuck

shucks

shudder

shuffle

shuffleboard

shuffler

shufty

shul

shun

shunt