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

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board measure

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

This plank was five inches thick, twenty-five feet long and sixteen feet nine inches wide; containing about two thousand feet of lumber, board measure.

From Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century by Milan C. Edson

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

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday

He then questioned me in regard to my knowledge of book-keeping and arithmetic, and wanted to know if I understood board measure, and could read lumber marks.

From Desk and Debit or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk by Oliver Optic