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noun Building Trades.
a measuring device having scales for finding the cubic contents of a board without calculation.
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Origin of board rule
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
Words nearby board rule
board of supervisors,
board of trade,
Board of Trade Unit,
board of trustees,
boardroom,
board rule,
boardsailing,
board school,
board shorts,
board side,
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How to use board rule in a sentence
Meanwhile, almost exactly 30 years after the trial, the judge left his home to board a steamboat and was never heard from again.
Obviously, the first obligation of all liberal democratic governments is to enforce the rule of law.
Chérif was arrested in Paris in January 2005 as he was about to board a plane to Damascus along with a man named Thamer Bouchnak.
And so the same creeping rot of the rule of law that the administration has inflicted on immigration now bedevils our drug laws.
On his eighth try, more than three decades after he went in, the parole board finally voted to release Sam.
The Spaniards captured two schooners, having on board 22 officers and 30 men, all of whom were hanged or sent to the mines.
She had just left the wharf at Cincinnati for Louisville, with 225 passengers on board, of whom but 124 were saved.
All elements of expression modify each other, so that no mere rule can cover all cases.
As a rule, however, even in the case of extreme varieties, a careful examination of the specimen will enable it to be identified.
He set down as the second the golden rule, “Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them.”
British Dictionary definitions for board rule
noun
a measuring device for estimating the number of board feet in a quantity of wood
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