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

And I think in any case I am wrong about his "matchboard" car.

From A Journal of Impressions in Belgium by May Sinclair

Mrs. Travers, leaning her chin on the palm of her hand, stared at the bare matchboard side of the hut.

From The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows by Joseph Conrad

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 Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, Baron Mountevans

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 May Sinclair