| 释义 |
match-board, n. Joinery.|ˈmætʃbɔəd|
[f. match a.; cf. match v.1]
A board which has a tongue cut along one edge and a groove in the opposite edge, so as to admit of being fitted into other similar boards to form one piece with them. Also collect. = match-boarding.
1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Match-boards, a kind of plank used for flooring. 1883Daily News 10 Sept. 2/1 This building..is described as ‘encircled by match-boards nailed to posts supporting the roof’. 18..Med. News LII. 670 (Cent.) The walls..consist partly of brick piers and partly of corrugated iron lined by felt and matchboard.
Hence ˈmatch-board v. trans., to cover or supply with match-boards; ˈmatch-boarded a., having or composed of match-boards; ˈmatch-boarding, match-boards fitted together to form a material for lining walls, forming partitions or light structures such as poultry-houses, etc.
1865Price List of Joinery 28 Match Boarding..forming Partitions in Bedrooms. 1882Garden 18 Mar. 188/1 The house is..cased inside with match boarding. 1889J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat 81 It was expensive work. Had to match-board it all over first. 1894Westm. Gaz. 16 July 8/1 What with the match-boarded character of the house and the uprush of draught by the staircase, the chances of escape would have been small indeed. 1903Longm. Mag. June 126 We discovered our quarters in a bare match-boarded room with a flapping canvas ceiling. |