单词 | ship-lap |
释义 | > as lemmasship-lap ship-lap n. (a) a form of joint in carpentry made by halving (see quots. and halving n. 2, and cf. half-lap at lap n.3 2b); (b) boards interlocked by rebates, used esp. for cladding. ΚΠ 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 226 Ship-lap, a carpenter's term for a mode of uniting the end of one piece of wood to the side of another, at right angles, by a bevil-shaped bearing on the upper edge. 1939 W. Faulkner Wild Palms 15 The flimsy walls (they were not even tongue-and-groove..but were of ship-lap). 1977 Cornish Times 19 Aug. 13/2 (advt.) Our..plumbing, shiplap claddings and drainage systems are always in stock. ship-lap ship-lap v. to furnish with joints of this kind. ΚΠ 1887 Home Missionary (N.Y.) Mar. 432 It [our home] is ‘ship-lapped’ and partially plastered. < as lemmas |
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