shiplap

[ ship-lap ]

noun

, Carpentry.

1. an overlapping joint, as a rabbet, between two boards joined edge to edge.
2. boarding joined with such overlapping joints.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shiplap¹

First recorded in 1850–55; ship ¹ + lap ²

Example Sentences

Forget shiplap unless you live in a house at the beach or on an actual ship.

From 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.

From Washington Blade

Over this paper place any kind of boards that the fancy of the builder may dictate, as clapboards, shiplap, or drop-siding.

From Project Gutenberg

Through a single shiplap partition rose a rumble of masculine talk, where the logging crew loafed in their bunkhouse.

From Project Gutenberg

His house was rudely put together, shingle-roofed and walled with shiplap boards that gave out strong resinous odors.

From Project Gutenberg

They evidently come in from the outside between the logs and the shiplap to the loft above.

From Project Gutenberg

The walls will be of shiplap, covered with matched siding, with tarpaper between.

From Project Gutenberg