Game in which two or four players use long-handled cues to shove disks into scoring areas of a diagram marked on a flat, smooth surface (6 52 ft [1.8 15.8 m]). It was popular in England as early as the 15th century, especially with the aristocracy; it later became popular as a deck game among travelers on ocean liners and cruise ships. The current form of the game was defined at St. Petersburg, Fla., U.S., in 1924
{i} game in which players use long-handled pronged cues to push discs across a smooth surface toward numbered targets painted on the surface
a game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surface
shuffleboard
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shuf·fle·board
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[ 'sh&-f&l-"bOrd, -"bord ] (noun.) 1836. alteration of obsolete English shove-board.