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boards

boards

1 5.2
A hard wooden wall around an ice hockey rink that players hit against
  • noun
  • /bɔrdz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : tableros
  • So grab the boards up by the pads like I told you.

Examples

  • But just getting these boards up there was a feat.

  • THE PUCK RICOCHETS OFF THE BOARDS AND COMES OUT IN FRONT OF THE NET.

    Grumpy Old Men (1993)

  • Yeah, that's all the boards that we have.

  • The players raced towards the puck as it bounced off the boards near the corner of the rink.

  • After the game, the coach reviewed footage of how the puck hit the boards during crucial plays.

  • During practice, a shot went wide and ricocheted off the boards, surprising the goalie.

Idioms

to tread the boards
1 8.6

To act on a stage in front of an audience

Surface Forms

board singular
boards plural

Morphology

boards = board (transparent) = board + s

The plural 'boards' here refers to literal wooden panels around a rink, so the meaning is directly derived from 'board' + plural suffix.

Etymology

Boards originally meant 'flat pieces of wood', just like a board you might use for a shelf or table, so the wooden panels around an ice rink are simply the 'boards' that form the barrier.