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Definition of Matchboard
1. Noun. A board that has a groove cut into one edge and a tongue cut into the other so they fit tightly together (as in a floor).
Definition of Matchboard
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Matchboard
Literary usage of Matchboard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Mechanic and World of Science: With which are Incorporated "the (1893)
"The canoe is built of common red deal matchboard; the bottom is $in. thick and
... I began with the bottom, which is made of four lengths of the matchboard, ..."
2. A Journal of Impressions in Belgium by May Sinclair (1915)
"The Major and Mr. sit inside, hidden behind the matchboard plating. They scour
the country. When they see any Germans they fire and bring them ..."
3. Mechanical Refrigeration: Being a Practical Introduction to the Study of by Hal Williams (1903)
"Then comes the design of matchboard and paper partitions with one or more air
spaces filled with some insulating material, and lastly there is the design of ..."
4. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1909)
"Many studios have matchboard partitions; than which nothing' looks worse. ...
If the ordinary art canvas is used, it is essential that the matchboard be ..."
5. Searchlights on Some American Industries by James Cooke Mills (1911)
"The clamp is then released, and by means of a brake lever, the operator causes
the cradle carrying the matchboard to rise back to its normal position, ..."
6. The Quarterly Review by George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1906)
"It is obvious that, in regard to these items and the brick wall to shut off the
scullery—matchboard would do—economies might be made. ..."
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