pegboard

English

Alternative forms

  • peg-board

Etymology

From peg +‎ board.

Noun

pegboard (countable and uncountable, plural pegboards)

  1. A board that has a pattern of holes into which pegs are fitted; used especially to record the score in some card games.
  2. A metal board attached to the base of a metal display unit (FSDU) from which shelves, hooks or bars are attached (when bars are attached, they subsequently have pegs clipped onto them)
  3. A perforated form of hardboard.
    • 1962 July, G. Freeman Allen, “The New "Rheingold"”, in Modern Railways, page 28:
      […] the loudspeakers are concealed behind the pegboard roofing in the corridors, saloons and compartments.

Translations

Verb

pegboard (third-person singular simple present pegboards, present participle pegboarding, simple past and past participle pegboarded)

  1. (transitive) To fit or furnish with pegboard.
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