English Explanatory Dictionary

throwboard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A game played on an 11×11 board in medieval Wales, a Welsh variant of tafl.
  2. The board used in this game.

Word forms

throwboard throwboards throw-board throw board

Etymology

From throw + board, a calque translation of the Welsh tawlfwrdd, from tawl (“a throw”) + bwrdd (“table", "board”).

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