superfootn.
/ˈsuːpəfʊt/, /ˈsjuːpəfʊt/, U.S. /ˈsupərˌfʊt/ Chiefly Building.
A square foot. In later use spec. (chiefly Australian and New Zealand) a square foot of timber of a specified thickness, usually one inch; = board foot n. at board n. Compounds 2.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a space measuring so much each way
footeOE
square yard1625
superfoot1810
the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > [noun] > cubic foot as measure of coal gas > volume of timber one foot by one inch
superfoot1810
board foot1896
1810 R. Buchanan Pract. & Descr. Ess. Econ. Fuel iii. iii. 229 (table) Cubic feet warmed by 1 super. foot of steam-pipe.
1868 Building News 18 Sept. 634/1 We have calculated the area of one of the middle houses, which we find contains about 350' super feet of flooring.
1909 R. Unwin Town Planning in Pract. xii. 387 150 superfeet, with a distance across of 15 to 25 feet, is all the open space that the bye-laws require for a building.
1949 Gloss Terms Timber (B.S.I.) 23 Super. foot, a square foot of timber of the thickness stated, e.g. ‘per super. foot of 1½ in’.
1953 Brit. Commonw. Forest Terminol.: Pt. I (Empire Forestry Assoc.) 57 Foot, superficial... A unit of volume equal to 1/12th of a cubic foot. In Australia and New Zealand, applied to standing trees, logs and sawn timber of any thickness, usually under the synonym Super foot.
1971 Sunday Austral. 8 Aug. 4/3 A brick veneer home of this size contains 11,000 superfeet of timber.
2006 Courier Mail (Queensland, Austral.) (Nexis) 16 May 22 The tree's dimensions were converted into superfeet of milled timber.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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