matchboard

[ mach-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun
  1. a board having a tongue formed on one edge and a groove of the same dimensions cut into the other, used with similar boards to compose floors, dados, etc.

Origin of matchboard

1
First recorded in 1840–50; match2 + board

Words Nearby matchboard

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How to use matchboard in a sentence

  • The four-inch steel deck gaped and split as though it had been made of matchboard.

    The World Peril of 1910 | George Griffith
  • It was only matchboard, she decided, run up to make many little rooms of one large one.

    The Voyage Out | Virginia Woolf
  • We could matchboard the timbers over if you like, but it is not usual.

    The Lost Heir | G. A. Henty
  • Mrs. Travers, leaning her chin on the palm of her hand, stared at the bare matchboard side of the hut.

    The Rescue | Joseph Conrad
  • Felt is fastened over the matchboard lining of the roof before the iron is put on.

    Rustic Carpentry | Paul N. Hasluck

British Dictionary definitions for matchboard

matchboard

/ (ˈmætʃˌbɔːd) /


noun
  1. a long thin board with a tongue along one edge and a corresponding groove along the other, used with similar boards to line walls, ceilings, etc

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