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Shiplap vs Matchboard - What's the difference?

shiplap | matchboard |

As nouns the difference between shiplap and matchboard

is that shiplap is a type of wooden board that has rabbets to allow them to be overlapped while matchboard is a type of wooden board that connects with others using a tongue and groove system.

shiplap

English

Noun

(wikipedia shiplap)
  • A type of wooden board that has rabbets to allow them to be overlapped

    • matchboard

    English

    Noun

  • (label) A type of wooden board that connects with others using a tongue and groove system
  • (label) A thin piece of material (such as wood, plaster, or metal) that forms and aligns the matched parting surfaces for the two parts (the cope and the drag) of a molding box or flask, to which board patterns are attached in some casting methods.
    • (sand casting)