pegboard

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noun

A board that has a pattern of holes into which pegs are fitted; used especially to record the score in some card games.

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Meanings

nounpegboard (countable and uncountable, plural pegboards)

plural pegboards · alternative peg-board

  1. countableuncountableA board that has a pattern of holes into which pegs are fitted; used especially to record the score in some card games.
  2. countableuncountableA metal board attached to the base of a metal display unit (FSDU) from which shelves, hooks or bars are attached (when bars are attached, they subsequently have pegs clipped onto them)
  3. countableuncountableA perforated form of hardboard.

    […] the loudspeakers are concealed behind the pegboard roofing in the corridors, saloons and compartments.

    1962 July, G. Freeman Allen, “The New "Rheingold"”, in Modern Railways, page 28
verbpegboard (third-person singular simple present pegboards, present participle pegboarding, simple past and past participle pegboarded)

present singular third person pegboards · participle present pegboarding · participle past pegboarded · past pegboarded · alternative peg-board

  1. transitiveTo fit or furnish with pegboard.

Origin

From peg + board.

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Translations

Irish pionnachlár
  • pionnachlára perforated form of hardboard
Māori papa kōputaputa
  • papa kōputaputaa perforated form of hardboard
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APA

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MLA

“pegboard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pegboard. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pegboard,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pegboard.

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