cribbage board


noun
  1. a board for keeping score in cribbage, having holes into which pegs are placed to mark the score and progress of the players.

Origin of cribbage board

1
First recorded in 1775–85

Words Nearby cribbage board

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How to use cribbage board in a sentence

  • Diana sat at her forlorn post in the billiard-room, or by the cribbage-board, or at the piano which Gervase had got for her.

    Girlhood and Womanhood | Sarah Tytler
  • After breakfast, the cribbage-board was produced, and for three mortal hours the Commodore kept his peg on the steady march.

    Summer Cruising in the South Seas | Charles Warren Stoddard
  • You only need carpet slippers and a cribbage-board, Mort, to make the picture complete.

  • Taking one of the little ivory pegs, he stuck it in the starting hole at the end of the cribbage-board.

    Nedra | George Barr McCutcheon
  • He became quite red in the face at this allusion to the cribbage board, et cetera, and at first seemed unable to speak.

    More Tish | Mary Roberts Rinehart

British Dictionary definitions for cribbage board

cribbage board

noun
  1. a board, with pegs and holes, used for scoring at cribbage

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