Playboard
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A ledge or shelf used in puppetry for balancing props.
"Professional puppeteers hang their puppets upside down from a ring on the playboard shelf inside the puppet theater and slip the puppets on like gloves. […] When the puppet is removed, it is hung back in its place on the playboard."
- 2 The playfield of a pinball table or similar game.
"Nothing moves on these playboards except the ball itself which rolls down the inclined playboard by gravitational pull."
Example
More examples"Professional puppeteers hang their puppets upside down from a ring on the playboard shelf inside the puppet theater and slip the puppets on like gloves. […] When the puppet is removed, it is hung back in its place on the playboard."
Etymology
From play + board.
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