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draughtsboard

draughtsboard is the alternative form of draughtboard.

Meaning of draughtboard

Noun

draughtboard (plural draughtboards)

  1. A checkerboard on which draughts is played, resembling a chessboard but (depending on the game variation) often having a side length of ten squares rather than eight.

Forms of draughtsboard

pluraldraughtsboards

Origin of draughtsboard

From draughts + board.

Words formed from draughtsboard

Questions about draughtsboard

What is draughtsboard the alternative form of?
Draughtsboard is the alternative form of draughtboard.

Words near draughtsboard in the dictionary

  1. draughtproofed
  2. draughtproofing
  3. draughtproofs
  4. draughts
  5. draughts on Aldgate pump
  6. draughtsboard
  7. draughtsboard shark
  8. draughtsboards
  9. draughtsman
  10. draughtsmanly
  11. draughtsmanship

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Adapted from Wiktionary: draughtsboard (page history and authors); draughtboard (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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