单词 | noddy-board |
释义 | noddy-boardn. Now historical and rare. A board on which the game of noddy is played (noddy n.2 1). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > cribbage > [noun] > board noddy-boarda1625 cribbage-board1785 a1625 H. Mainwaring Nomenclator Navalis (Harl. 2301) Trauers bord is a board which they keepe in the Steeridg hauing the 32 pointes of the Compasse marked in it with little holes on every pointe like a Noddy-bord. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. v. 239 Here is a Chesse-board to my Hosts Noddy-board. 1875 Encycl. Brit. VI. 575/2 The game was..marked with counters, occasionally by means of a noddy-board. 1990 D. Parlett Oxf. Guide Card Games x. 131 Many later [references to Noddy]..make it sound synonymous with Cribbage, even to its scoring device being known as a Noddy-board. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1625 |
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