shopboard

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noun

A tradesman's counter or table where goods for sale are displayed.

First used 16th c.Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounshopboard (plural shopboards)

plural shopboards

  1. historicalA tradesman's counter or table where goods for sale are displayed.First known use 16th c.
  2. historicalA workbench or platform on which a tradesman, especially a tailor, sits to work.First known use 16th c.

    [N]or is there any place to let your legs hang down in, passengers sitting upon a platform like tailors on their shopboard.

    1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 206

Origin

From shop + board.

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APA

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MLA

“shopboard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shopboard. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shopboard,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shopboard.

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