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The vertical support dividing a car's front windscreen from its front side windows.
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(historical) Chain; A unit of length equal to 22 yards.
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A slit, as in a castle wall, through which arrows can be fired.
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(medicine) A spine board.
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A wood or metal (or glass, etc) plate that serves as a backing for an object.
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(carpentry) A house frame constructed entirely of small timber.
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Any large sign, especially when made of soft material or fabric.
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(roofing) noncombustible board stock material of low thermal conductivity placed between two elements of a roof assembly.
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(roofing) an impregnated, saturated, or coated felt placed as the first ply in some low-slope roof systems.
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(US, finish carpentry, interior decorating) A panel or molding between the floor and the interior wall of a structure
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(theater) In stagecraft, a long pipe, usually metal, affixed to the ceiling or fly system in a theater.
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Wooden boards with a bead or ridge running their length used for paneling walls or ceilings.
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Beadles collectively, and their characteristics as a class.
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Alternative spelling of bimetal strip [A circuit breaker or thermostat consisting of two metals fused together.]
adj
Lined with billboards.
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(of a structure, such as a roof, window, etc.) wooden, built with pieces of wood
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(of a fabric) Having the texture of a hard board; inflexible and stiff.
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A plate attached to industrial machinery, identifying information such as manufacturer, model number, serial number, and power requirements.
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A wood or metal frame used by automotive customizers and restorers to assist in the shaping of sheet metal bodywork.
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(automotive) The vertical support dividing a car's rear window from its rear windscreen, or, if the car has an additional window and D-pillar, the support dividing the central and rear windows.
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(architecture) A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.
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A cable reel, on which (electrical) cable is wound for transport and ultimate use.
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A plane (the tool, not the vehicle) used for working the upper surface of staircase rails. They are relatively rounded
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Furnished with, protected by, or built like a casemate.
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(finish carpentry, interior decorating) A molding, traditionally of wood, intended to prevent chairs from contacting the painted plaster of a wall.
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(uncountable) Such boards, arranged horizontally and overlapping with thick edge down, collectively, as siding.
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One of many laths used in preparing one side of a partition or framed wall, when the other side has been covered in and finished.
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(carpentry) The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.
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A shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window.
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A double convex file, used in dressing out the arms or crosses of fine wheels.
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A layer of plywood with its grain at a right angle to the wood next to it.
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A rod used to hang a curtain, typically by using curtain rings.
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A plaque mounted on a door, bearing information about the occupant of a room or building.
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(structural engineering) A metal plate riveted or welded over a preexisting metal structural component to reinforce it and relieve the stress on the preexisting component, or to serve as a patch where part of the original structure has failed or been removed.
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(carpentry) Having a dovetail joint.
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Any of the thin boards separating the drawers in a chest of drawers.
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A locking device normally mounted on a pair French windows or casement window.
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A removable protective shield separating the inner workings of a machine from operator and observer.
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Having or wearing a faceplate.
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(construction) A sheet of material serving as an outer face, like those surrounding the core of a sandwich panel.
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The signboard above a shop or other location open to the public.
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(woodworking) A flat grooved piece of wood or other material used to hold the workpiece in position.
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A strip of metal, glass, etc., to protect a painted or polished door from finger marks.
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Any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor.
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(metal founding) A board on which the pattern and the flask lie while the sand is rammed into the flask.
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(construction) A board or slab that serves as a mold for poured concrete.
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A metal frame attached to the bumper of a vehicle in order to protect the grille.
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(architecture) embrasure; arrow loop
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(architecture) a rail of a door or casement to which hinges are attached
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(architecture) That stile of a door to which hinges are secured.
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Made from rigid materials such as wood, metal, or fiberboard.
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(automotive) The interface and front fascia of a car audio system, entertainment or infotainment unit.
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A window with hinges at the bottom, opened by tilting vertically.
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(archaic) Boards, etc., sawed one inch thick.
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A flat, (usually) vertical surface onto which controls, instruments, and displays are mounted.
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(carpentry) A middle joist or crossbeam.
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A girder whose web consists of diagonal pieces arranged like latticework.
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(architecture) A panel in which the grain of the wood is horizontal.
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A type of softwood panelling formerly used for walls and ceilings.
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A thin screen of wood or metal attached to the front of a desk, organ, etc. to provide privacy for the person seated behind it, as it covers the upper part of the legs and cabling, and to provide structural support for the legs of the furniture.
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(founding) A follow board.
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(carpentry) An upright piece in any framework, such as a muntin or stile
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A skirting board (to protect a wall from wet mops)
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(founding) A follow board.
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(carpentry) A wooden block, the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork.
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(UK) One of the slabs sawn from the sides of a log to fit it to be sawn into boards.
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(carpentry) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
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(construction) Power roll-forming equipment that produces a metal panel from a flat sheet.
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(architecture) A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building.
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A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.
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A narrow piece of wood or metal for covering a joint between two panels.
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(architecture) wainscoting
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Obsolete form of panelling. [(British spelling) The panels with which a surface (especially an indoor wall) is covered, considered collectively.]
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Obsolete form of panelling. [(British spelling) The panels with which a surface (especially an indoor wall) is covered, considered collectively.]
adj
Initialism of planed all round: of timber, planed on all sides as opposed to rough sawn.
v
(transitive) To lay or fit such a floor.
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Alternative form of parquet [A wooden floor made of parquetry.]
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an adapting plate or mounting used to fix an object to a surface or a substrate where the difference in character between the object and that to which it is mounted prevents direct mounting, eg in fitting a flat panel to a curved surface
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A moulding applied to or recessed into the surface of a wall, and used to suspend hooks and cables attached to paintings, framed art or mirrors. The moulding is usually continuous around the room.
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A rod or metal tube fixed to the wall of a room, used for hanging pictures.
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The woodwork and frame of the door of a closet etc.
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Alternative form of placard (“extra plate on the lower part of a breastplate (armor)”) [A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place.]
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The laying of floors in a building.
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Alternative form of plane table [(cartography) A particular kind of instrument used by surveyors in mapmaking.]
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(often attributive) A flat piece of wood; a plank or board.
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(countable) A piece of flat metal with writing on it, attached to a building, monument, or other structure to remind people of a person or an event.
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a method of transferring load between joists to enable a cutout of a joist to allow for a plumbing run, by having doubled-up cross-joists to run between the two adjacent joists of the severed joist at each side of the cut
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(transitive) To replace the wooden boards of.
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Alternative form of ridgepiece [ridgepole, ridgeboard]
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One of the small iron bars to which the lead panels of a glazed window are secured.
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A structure providing high rigidity and low weight, consisting of a low-density core with a thin skin-layer bonded to each side.
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A plane for cutting from a board a wide shaving forming a scaleboard.
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A vertical board that has an array of holes into which may be placed pins for holding tools etc
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Panels of plywood or chipboard, typically used for constructing or panelling walls.
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A type of wooden board that has rabbets to allow them to be overlapped.
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The jamb, or cheek, of an opening in a wall, as of door or window.
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Skirting boards collectively.
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(UK, Australia, New Zealand, finish carpentry, interior decorating) A panel, normally made of wood, between the floor and the interior wall of a structure, or placed in a position that is subject to repeated knocks
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Alternative spelling of skirting board [(UK, Australia, New Zealand, finish carpentry, interior decorating) A panel, normally made of wood, between the floor and the interior wall of a structure, or placed in a position that is subject to repeated knocks]
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Alternative form of spine board [(emergency medicine) A rigid carrying surface for an injured person, designed to prevent the movement of the spine during transportation in order to prevent further damage to it.]
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Alternative form of spine board [(emergency medicine) A rigid carrying surface for an injured person, designed to prevent the movement of the spine during transportation in order to prevent further damage to it.]
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The moulding screwed to the inner side of a window frame, on the face of the pulley stile, completing the groove in which the inner sash is to slide.
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Part of the centering of an arch, which is driven back to loosen the centering in striking it.
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(archaic) Boards used for building.
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(automotive) A flap attached to the interior of an automobile by a hinge just above the windscreen/windshield, used to shade the eyes of occupants from the glare of sunlight.
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The lintel or transverse part of a door frame.
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A metal strip, typically in a doorway, separating different carpets or floor surfaces.
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Metal flooring, often made from aluminium or similar alloy, having a pattern of squares of crisscross lines that serve as decoration and reduce slipping.
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A drawing board used by Freemasons.
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Obsolete form of wainscot. [(architecture) An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.]
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(architecture) An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
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Alternative spelling of wall plug [(UK) A fixing that allows screws to be fitted into masonry walls, a dowel or screw anchor.]
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(dated) baseboard; skirting board
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A strip of wood, rubber, or other material applied to an outer door or window so as to cover the joint made by it with the sill, casings, or threshold, in order to exclude rain, snow, cold air, etc.
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Any of a series of horizontal boards used to cover the exterior of a timber-framed building; clapboard.
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In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
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(military) A lightweight aerodynamic fairing mounted on the nose of an armor-piercing shell to reduce drag and increase range.
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A surface, usually resting on cupboards or drawers in a kitchen, that can be used to work on.
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