| 釋義 |
Edward shovel-board:old broad shilling of EdwardVI (1547-1553),worn smooth by long use and there-fore convenient for the game of shovelboard,inwhich the coin was shoved along a polished board intoholes at the end of it英王愛德華時代的一先令銀幣,因其直徑大,長久使用磨光,故適用于“推板”游戲(即在光滑的木板上推動錢幣滾入木板盡頭的小洞之中)。 △Wiv.1.1.161 (155):“and two Edward shovelboards,that cost me two shil-ling and two pence a-piece of Yead Miller——”還有兩塊愛德華朝代的“推板”幣,是從愛德·米勒那里每塊花兩先令二便士買來的。 |