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

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matchboard

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

From The Guardian ● Apr. 27, 2019

The four-inch steel deck gaped and split as though it had been made of matchboard.

From The World Peril of 1910 by Griffith, George Chetwynd

"We could matchboard the timbers over if you like, but it is not usual."

From The Lost Heir by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

But it seemed to me that it was as good to sit quietly in a matchboard office and await the messages, to say nothing of taking them across that danger zone.

From The Sword of Deborah First-hand impressions of the British Women's Army in France by Jesse, F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson)

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