board measure

noun

, Building Trades.

1. a system of cubic measure in which the unit is the board foot.

board measure

noun

1. a system of units for measuring wood based on the board foot. 1980 board feet equal one standard

Word History and Origins

Origin of board measure¹

First recorded in 1650–60

Example Sentences

Multiply this area by 2, and the product will be the number of feet board measure of 2-in.

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Another style, instead of an Essex board-measure, and the hundredths graduation has a rafter-table.

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The cost of forms should be estimated also by the number of feet, board measure.

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The American nation is not suffering for the dollars that those lovely forest giants would fetch by board measure.

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Next estimate the number of thousands of feet board measure of forms required to encase the concrete to be placed in a day.

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