matchboard

American  

[mach-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈmætʃˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun

1. a board having a tongue formed on one edge and a groove of the same dimensions cut into the other, used with similar boards to compose floors, dados, etc.

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matchboard British  

/ ˈmætʃˌbɔːd /

noun

1. a long thin board with a tongue along one edge and a corresponding groove along the other, used with similar boards to line walls, ceilings, etc

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Etymology

Origin of matchboard

First recorded in 1840–50; match ² + board

Example Sentences

The treble and double segments were smaller than they were on a matchboard.

From The Guardian • Apr. 27, 2019

The shanty was of corrugated iron lined with planks, and consisted of two small bedrooms and a living-room, divided from one another by matchboard partitions.

From Grit Lawless by Young, F.E. Mills

Besides the increase of numbers there had been considerable additions made to the fabric of the Abbey, if such a word as fabric may be applied to matchboard, felt, and corrugated iron.

From The Altar Steps by MacKenzie, Compton

For the rest of it we had our Arctic library, and the spare spaces on the matchboard bulkhead, which fenced it on three sides, were decorated with photographs.

From South with Scott by Mountevans, Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, baron

There was a door at the head of the stairs, in a matchboard partition that walled the well of the staircase.

From Mary Olivier: a Life by Sinclair, May