overwoodn.
/ˈəʊvəwʊd/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌwʊd/ 1. U.S. Woodworking. Originally: extra or excess wood, esp. the additional allowance needed when making a joint. Now: the amount of wood by which a floorboard of an uneven floor exceeds its neighbour in height; the condition of irregularity in a set of adjacent floorboards; also called lippage.
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1852 L. E. Joy Brown's Carpenter's Asst. (ed. 5) 124 Draw the lines u u and z z, which will be the required overwood.
1907 W. A. Radford Steel Square & its Uses I. vi. 151 The post,..like a hip rafter..requires to be backed... We can see how the backing of the post may be obtained by using the square and applying it on the foot after it has been cut. The overwood at E is to be removed.
2001 This Old House Apr. 85 On some floors, a slight bevel milled along the top edge disguises overwood and masks minor irregularities in the subfloor.
2. Forestry. = overstorey n. 2.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > overwood or canopy
over vert1598
storey?1888
overwood1889
canopy1905
overstorey1914
1889 W. Schlich Man. Forestry I. iii. 202 In fertile low lands Oak appears as overwood and underwood.
1928 R. S. Troup Silvicultural Syst. iv. 39 Silviculture may require the overwood to be retained for seeding purposes or for the protection of the young crop.
1969 Gloss. Landscape Work (B.S.I.) v. 34 Overwood. 1. Large free-growing trees growing above coppice. 2. The upper layer of a two-storeyed forest.
1994 Jrnl. Biogeogr. 21 579/1 It is known that Eucalyptus overwood has a suppressive effect upon the growth of C[allitris] intratropica saplings.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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