passageboard

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noun

A walkway built inside the casework of a musical organ, used for maintenance and tuning.

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

nounpassageboard (plural passageboards)

plural passageboards

  1. A walkway built inside the casework of a musical organ, used for maintenance and tuning.

Origin

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

From passage + board.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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