board foot

American  

noun

Building Trades.

1. a unit of measure equal to the cubic contents of a piece of lumber one foot square and one inch thick, used in measuring logs and lumber. bd. ft.

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board foot British  

noun

1. a unit of board measure: the cubic content of a piece of wood one foot square and one inch thick

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Etymology

Origin of board foot

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

Example Sentences

The woods offered such abundance that 40,000 trees a year could be felled to make Louisville Sluggers, at a cost of just 90 cents per board foot.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2022

Washington, D. C. Footnote 4: A board foot is one foot square and one inch thick.

From Wood and Forest by Noyes, William

This is usually expressed in pounds per thousand board feet, a board foot being considered as one-twelfth of a cubic foot.

From The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing by Record, Samuel J.

A board foot is one inch thick by twelve inches square.

From Big Timber A Story of the Northwest by Sinclair, Bertrand W.

The average areas were actually measured and the number, age, form, diameter growth, height growth, board foot contents, etc., of all the trees on them were accurately determined.

From Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods by Allen, Edward Tyson