matchboard

[ mach-bawrd, -bohrd ]

/ ˈmætʃˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun

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.

Nearby words

match-funding, match-girl, match-head, match-up, matcha, matchboard, matchboarding, matchbook, matchbox, matchcoat, matched

Origin of matchboard

First recorded in 1840–50; match² + board

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Examples from the Web for matchboard

The Major and Mr. —— sit inside, hidden behind the matchboard plating.
A Journal of Impressions in Belgium|May Sinclair
And I think in any case I am wrong about his "matchboard" car.
A Journal of Impressions in Belgium|May Sinclair
The four-inch steel deck gaped and split as though it had been made of matchboard.
The World Peril of 1910|George Griffith
It was only matchboard, she decided, run up to make many little rooms of one large one.
The Voyage Out|Virginia Woolf

We could matchboard the timbers over if you like, but it is not usual.
The Lost Heir|G. A. Henty

British Dictionary definitions for matchboard

matchboard

/ (ˈmætʃˌbɔːd) /

noun

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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