batter board
noun
: one of a pair of horizontal boards nailed to posts set near the corners of an excavation for a building and used by the builders to indicate a desired level and also as a fastening for stretched strings to mark outlines
Word History
Etymology
batter entry 4
- in the name of
- in the national interest
- in the national/public interest
- in the negative
- in the neighborhood
- in the neighborhood of
- in the next life
- in the nick of time
- in the normal course of business
- in the not too distant future
- in the nude
- in the offing
- in the open
- in the order of
- in the ordinary course of business
- in the ordinary way
- in the original
- in the pay of
- in the person of
- in the picture
- in the pink
- in the pipeline
- in the pocket of
- in the pocket of (someone)
- in the pocket of someone