Shovelboard vs. Shuffleboard

Shovelboardnoun

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.

Shovelboardnoun

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.

Shovelboardnoun

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

Shuffleboardnoun

(uncountable) A game that involves sliding a puck or coin towards a target.

Shuffleboardnoun

(countable) The long, narrow board on which this game is played.

Shuffleboardnoun

See Shovelboard.

Shuffleboardnoun

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

Shuffleboard

Shuffleboard, more precisely deck shuffleboard, and also known as floor shuffleboard, is a game in which players use cues to push weighted discs, sending them gliding down a narrow court, with the purpose of having them come to rest within a marked scoring area. As a more generic term, it refers to the family of shuffleboard-variant games as a whole.