board measure
a system of cubic measure in which the unit is the board foot.
Origin of board measure
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How to use board measure in a sentence
Multiply this area by 2, and the product will be the number of feet board measure of 2-in.
Concrete Construction | Halbert P. GilletteAnother style, instead of an Essex board-measure, and the hundredths graduation has a rafter-table.
Handwork in Wood | William NoyesThe cost of forms should be estimated also by the number of feet, board measure.
The American nation is not suffering for the dollars that those lovely forest giants would fetch by board measure.
Our Vanishing Wild Life | William T. HornadayNext estimate the number of thousands of feet board measure of forms required to encase the concrete to be placed in a day.
Concrete Construction | Halbert P. Gillette
British Dictionary definitions for board measure
a system of units for measuring wood based on the board foot. 1980 board feet equal one standard
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