shiplap

[ ship-lap ]

/ ˈʃɪpˌlæp /

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noun Carpentry.

an overlapping joint, as a rabbet, between two boards joined edge to edge.

boarding joined with such overlapping joints.

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Origin of shiplap

First recorded in 1850–55; ship¹ + lap²

Forget shiplap unless you live in a house at the beach or on an actual ship.
My Best Of’s in D.C. real estate|Valerie Blake|October 23, 2021|Washington Blade
In the beginning of the movie, it’s what we would call a fixer upper, without the shiplap and open floorplan favored by Chip and Joanna Gaines.
A closer look at the houses in our fave holiday films|Valerie Blake|December 26, 2020|Washington Blade
Over this paper place any kind of boards that the fancy of the builder may dictate, as clapboards, shiplap, or drop-siding.
Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians|William K. David
Through a single shiplap partition rose a rumble of masculine talk, where the logging crew loafed in their bunkhouse.
Big Timber|Bertrand W. Sinclair

His house was rudely put together, shingle-roofed and walled with shiplap boards that gave out strong resinous odors.
Prescott of Saskatchewan|Harold Bindloss
They evidently come in from the outside between the logs and the shiplap to the loft above.
The Spoilers of the Valley|Robert Watson
The walls will be of shiplap, covered with matched siding, with tarpaper between.
Neighbours|Robert Stead