plugboard

[ pluhg-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

Electricity. an electric switchboard with plugs for telephones and the like.
Also called control panel. Computers. a removable panel containing manually wired electrical terminals into which plugs or pins are inserted: formerly used to control operation of peripheral equipment, as a keyboard.

Origin of plugboard

First recorded in 1885–90; plug + board

Words Nearby plugboard

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plug
plug and feathers
Plug and Play
plug away at
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plug-compatible
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plugged-in
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British Dictionary definitions for plugboard

plugboard

/ (ˈplʌɡˌbɔːd) /

noun

another name for patch board

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