Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The hinged cover protecting the keyboard of a piano.

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  • noun music The hinged cover which protects the keyboard of a piano when not in use

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  • noun the hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played

Etymologies

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fall +‎ board

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Examples

  • The piano's fallboard, which covers its keys, would be 5 / 8-inch thick.

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  • Spotlights dance down on 216 jewels of lead crystal, set in dazzling diamond patterns into the piano's black lid, sides, legs, fallboard and bench.

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  • The Scanner Bar rests on the piano's cheekblocks against the fallboard.

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