- siding consisting of boards with rabbets cut in their long edges so that adjoining boards will fit together to form a flush joint
- such a joint
shiplap
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shiplap
noun
Wooden siding rabbeted so that the edge of one board overlaps the one next to it in a flush joint.
Related Forms:
- ship′lapped′
adjective
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Noun
- A type of wooden board that has rabbets to allow them to be overlapped
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