"scaleboard" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: scaleboards [plural]
Etymology: scale + board Etymology templates: {{compound|en|scale|board}} scale + board Head templates: {{en-noun}} scaleboard (plural scaleboards)
  1. (obsolete, printing) A thin slip of wood used to justify a page. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Printing
    Sense id: en-scaleboard-en-noun-IidbU3hr Topics: media, printing, publishing
  2. (obsolete) A thin veneer or leaf of wood used for covering the surface of articles of furniture etc. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-scaleboard-en-noun-CpQdVWtL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: scaleboard plane

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for scaleboard meaning in English (1.8kB)

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