Playboard
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Playboard is a noun meaning A ledge or shelf used in puppetry for balancing props.
Meaning
A ledge or shelf used in puppetry for balancing props.
More Meanings
- The playfield of a pinball table or similar game.
Example Sentences
Nothing moves on these playboards except the ball itself which rolls down the inclined playboard by gravitational pull.
Playing pinball requires total concentration, the right combination of skill and chance, a mastery of indeterminacy as the ball moves across the playboard and interacts with bumpers and cushions.
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.
Word Forms
- playboards
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include perch, bridgeboard, boards, shelf, pageant, stell.
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