diceboard

noun

diceboard

noun

Etymology dice + board

1

A flat surface on which dice are thrown.

  • He says he saw pictures thrown upon the ground, and soldiers using them for diceboards.1896, Mahaffy, Greek Life and Thought from the Death of Alexander to the Roman Conquest, page 602:
  • In the area near the entrance many of the patients were sitting up, talking or playing at diceboards.2024, Martha Wells, Wheel of the Infinite: Updated and Revised Edition:

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