playboard means A ledge or shelf used in puppetry for balancing props.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, playboard ranks #7,140 of 20,708 for Qualifying.
Etymology
From play + board.
noun
- A ledge or shelf used in puppetry for balancing props.“Professional puppeteers hang their puppets upside down from a ring on the playboard shelf inside the puppet theater and slip the puppets on like gloves. […] When the puppet is removed, it is hung back in its place on the playboard.”
- The playfield of a pinball table or similar game.“Nothing moves on these playboards except the ball itself which rolls down the inclined playboard by gravitational pull.”