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board rule

–noun Building Trades.
a measuring device having scales for finding the cubic contents of a board without calculation.

Origin:
1840–50, Americanism
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board rule  
n.  A measuring stick for determining board feet.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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