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board rule
noun
, Building Trades.
- a measuring device having scales for finding the cubic contents of a board without calculation.
board rule
noun
- a measuring device for estimating the number of board feet in a quantity of wood
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Word History and Origins
Origin of board rule1
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
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