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board measure
noun
- a system of cubic measure in which the unit is the board foot.
board measure
noun
- a system of units for measuring wood based on the board foot. 1980 board feet equal one standard
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Word History and Origins
Origin of board measure1
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Example Sentences
Multiply this area by 2, and the product will be the number of feet board measure of 2-in.
Another style, instead of an Essex board-measure, and the hundredths graduation has a rafter-table.
The cost of forms should be estimated also by the number of feet, board measure.
The American nation is not suffering for the dollars that those lovely forest giants would fetch by board measure.
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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