bungboard

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noun

A removable panel on a pipe organ, located on the front or bottom of the pallet box, which seals the windchest.

OriginEnglish board ← Middle English bord ← Old English bord →
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Meanings

nounbungboard (plural bungboards)

plural bungboards

  1. entertainmentA removable panel on a pipe organ, located on the front or bottom of the pallet box, which seals the windchest.

Origin

  1. Englishbung
  2. Proto-Germanic*burdą
  3. Proto-West Germanic*bord
  4. Old Englishbord
  5. Middle Englishbord
  6. Englishboard
  7. Englishbungboard

From bung + board.

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APA

bungboard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bungboard

MLA

“bungboard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bungboard. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bungboard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bungboard.

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