Shuffleboard
/ˈʃʌf.əl.bɔːrd/noun
A game in which players push weighted disks toward a marked scoring area.
Did you know?The first element is tied to the same root as “shuffle,” a word of uncertain origin that may echo the scraping movement of feet or objects, while the game itself was historically a social contest of aim and tension.
Etymological Timeline
15th Century
English
shovel board
“A table game played by pushing pieces along a board”
16th Century
English
shuffle board
“A variant spelling and pronunciation of the same game name”
17th Century
English
shuffleboard
“The game name becomes fixed in a compounded form”
Modern English
English
shuffleboard
“A game in which disks are slid across a court or table toward scoring zones”