Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for fallboard. Search instead for fallboards.

fallboard

American  
[fawl-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈfɔlˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun

  1. the hinged covering that protects a piano keyboard when it is not being played.

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

I opened the fallboard, looked at the 88 keys, and felt blinded by their infinite potential.

From Slate • Aug. 30, 2018

During "Juarez," she used the fallboard over the piano's keys to smack the body of the instrument for a startling percussive effect — just one example of her commitment to her raw materials.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2017

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.