matchboarding

American  

[mach-bawr-ding, -bohr-] / ˈmætʃˌbɔr dɪŋ, -ˌboʊr- /

noun

1. a construction of matchboards.

2. a quantity of matchboards.

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Etymology

Origin of matchboarding

First recorded in 1860–65; matchboard + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

In the meantime, Edward Garden's own house was a very different place from those two cottages that Dafydd Dafis had taken his own good time about matchboarding.

From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver

Very cautiously he completed his work on the matchboarding, handing down each plank to Neddy when he had detached it.

From The Secret of the Tower by Hope, Anthony

The matchboarding of white pine that lined the lower half of its walls had been hung with red twill, with garlands of ivy and bunches of holly.

From The Three Sisters by Sinclair, May

This variety of matchboarding is known in the trade as "T. G. and B."

From Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. by Fairham, William

But the matchboarding was not on the walls.

From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver