E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Shovel-board.
A game in which three counters were shoved or slid over a smooth board; a game very popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; the table itself, and sometimes even the counters were so called. Slender speaks of “two Edward shovel-boards.” (Shakespeare: Merry Wives of Windsor, i. 1.)
