matchboard
Origin of 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 GriffithIt was only matchboard, she decided, run up to make many little rooms of one large one.
The Voyage Out | Virginia WoolfWe could matchboard the timbers over if you like, but it is not usual.
The Lost Heir | G. A. HentyMrs. Travers, leaning her chin on the palm of her hand, stared at the bare matchboard side of the hut.
The Rescue | Joseph ConradFelt 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
/ (ˈmætʃˌbɔːd) /
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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