board measure

American  

noun

Building Trades.

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

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board measure British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of board measure

First recorded in 1650–60

Example Sentences

The ruling didn’t affect the October 2023 election board measure, which hadn’t been implemented, blocked by a separate trial court decision.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025

In building materials and construction, we should have to abandon the board measure and substitute square decimeters, centares or ares.

From Time Magazine Archive

The lowest estimate reached by the Forest Service of the timber now standing in the United States is 1,400 billion feet, board measure; the highest, 2,500 billion.

From The Fight for Conservation by Pinchot, Gifford

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

From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers

More’n a third of the board measure left right there on the ground as slash, and slash that’s propped on the branches of the tops like powder-houses on stilts.

From King Spruce, A Novel by Day, Holman