sparredadj.
/spɑːd/ 1. Made or constructed of, having or fitted with, spars, narrow boards, or planks, set with intervals or spaces between them.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [adjective] > made of boards or planks > of type of board
rough-boarded1789
weatherboarded1794
sparred1805
clapboarded1835
matchboarded1894
1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. Pl. 18 Calf pens with sparred floors.
1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge xix. 329 A passage..on each side of which were sparred partitions of unpainted pine boards.
1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows III. liii. 257 A heavy sparred gate, which ever stood open.
1880 J. Dunbar Pract. Papermaker 49 On the floor of the pit a sparred bottom should be placed.
2. Having spar-like markings.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > stripiness > [adjective]
ray1374
barreda1387
rayed?a1400
bendedc1400
scowledc1440
listeda1500
burledc1500
palya1509
stripy1513
rawed1534
straked1537
railye1539
rowed1552
begaired1554
pirnie1597
tiger-marked1597
tiger-striped1597
interlined1601
waled1602
striped1604
panached1664
strip1666
ribboned1790
zebraed1806
zebrinea1810
banded1823
sparred1827
notate1857
zebraic1858
stroked1896
tigered1969
bestriped-
1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom V. 98 The Blue Wing Bat, the Black Back Bat, the Sparred Bat.
3. Of a ship: Furnished with masts, yards, etc.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [adjective] > having spars
sparred1905
1905 Westm. Gaz. 10 Aug. 9/2 At other points the sparred Indiaman or Colonial traders..lay moored to quay or buoy.
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adj.1805