fingerboard

fingerboard
/fing"geuhr bawrd',-bohrd'/, n.
1. (of a violin, cello, etc.) the strip of wood on the neck against which the strings are stopped by the fingers.
2. keyboard.
[1665-75; FINGER + BOARD]

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