sideboards

Noun

sideboard (plural sideboards)

1. A piece of dining room furniture having drawers and shelves for linen and tableware; originally for serving food.
   • He procured himself a glass of water from the sideboard, drank half of it and began to pace the room nervously as he talked.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   buffet, cupboard

2. A board or similar barrier that forms part of the side of something.
   • Fleming watched the sideboarded truck diminish down the rolling hillside, the stackers atop the hay clutching the sideboards and swaying and bouncing toward the barn.2000, William Gay, Provinces of Night, page 196
3. (collectible) A set of cards that are separate from a player's primary deck, used to customize a match strategy against an opponent by enabling a player to change the composition of the playing deck.
   • Cards can only be exchanged between the playing deck and the sideboard on a one-to-one basis between duels or matches, and any number of cards, up to fifteen, can be exchanged at once.1995, Larry W. Smith, Learn Magic Cards, →ISBN, page 80
4. A restriction on using the right to catch a certain number of fish that was granted in relation to a different fishery.
   • Conversely, in fisheries with increasing sideboards, economic benefit could be denied to the sideboarded sectors.2012, Federal Register - Volume 77, Issue 50, page 15226

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