cribbage board

American  

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.

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cribbage board British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of cribbage board

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

cribbage board

One item really brings this community to life: a tiny carved peg that may have been used as a marker for scoring in a game, perhaps something like we use in a cribbage board.

From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2024

As for Tomlin, Francona said he hoped that he was better on the mound than on the cribbage board.

From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2016

Once a local benefactor offered to provide the pressroom with a cribbage board to keep orderly scores instead of totaling them on scraps of paper, as the reporters had been doing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Paul copies out the studio script on a typewriter while Allman punches out his own script on a Braille slate, a gadget that resembles a cribbage board.

From Time Magazine Archive

The pearl-buyer pulled the pegs out of the cribbage board on which he was scoring and sat back.

From A Son Of The Sun by London, Jack