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Definition of Backgammon board
1. Noun. The board on which backgammon is played.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backgammon Board
Literary usage of Backgammon board
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Employments of Women: A Cyclopaedia of Woman's Work / by Virginia Penny by Virginia Penny, Penny, Virginia, b. 1826 (1863)
"Backgammon-Board Finishers. We called at L.'s backgammon-board manufactory, and
saw a girl about thirteen years old, who has worked at the business for one ..."
2. Chess in Iceland and in Icelandic Literature: With Historical Notes on Other by Willard Fiske (1905)
"The backgammon board is spoken of as "the ... draught-board," the allusion being
to the folding chess-board, on the inside (if which is a backgammon board. ..."
3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1883)
"The boy came laughing, and bringing with him his precious backgammon board.
"What have you there ?" said Uncle Nahum, seeing how carefully the boy carried ..."
4. The New Sporting Magazine (1833)
"Full inside, sir, and in front, but you'll have the backgammon board all to yourself,
... backgammon board ! Pray what's that ? Do you not mean the basket ? ..."
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