Definition of "fingerboard" [fingerboard]

• A strip of wood on the neck of a stringed musical instrument against which the strings are pressed in playing. (noun)

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• "You can just sit there and play all day, the fingerboard is a guitarist's dream."
• "The wood to be cleared away outside the lines which mark the width along the course of the fingerboard will be the next proceeding; it may be done neatly with a rather fine toothed saw and then carefully planed up closer to the lines, barely touching them."
• "The tortoise binding along the fingerboard is a lovely touch, as is the filled tailpiece."