board and batten
nounCarpentry.
a siding consisting of wide boards or of sheets of plywood set vertically with butt joints covered by battens.
Origin of board and batten
1First recorded in 1900–05
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How to use board and batten in a sentence
He built a small board-and-batten house, planted a vineyard and orchard, bought a couple of cows and an incubator.
Bunch Grass | Horace Annesley Vachell
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