SCALEBOARD

Etymology

Noun

scaleboard (plural scaleboards)

(obsolete, printing) A thin slip of wood used to justify a page.

(obsolete) A thin veneer or leaf of wood used for covering the surface of articles of furniture etc.

Anagrams

• broadscale

Source: Wiktionary


Scale"board` (; commonly , n. Etym: [3d scale + board.]

1. (Print.)

Definition: A thin slip of wood used to justify a page. [Obs.] Crabb.

2. A thin veneer of leaf of wood used for covering the surface of articles of firniture, and the like. Scaleboard plane, a plane for cutting from a board a wide shaving forming a scaleboard.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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