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matchboard

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match⋅board

[mach-bawrd, -bohrd]
–noun
a board having a tongue formed on one edge and a groove of the same dimensions cut into the other, used with similar boards to compose floors, dados, etc.

Origin:
1840–50; match 2 + board
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match·board   (māch'bôrd', -bōrd')   
n.  A board cut with a tongue on one side and a matching groove on the other to fit with other boards of similar cut.
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