† boardenadj.
Obsolete.
Made of boards.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [adjective] > made of boards or planks
planchered1440
boarded1444
boarden1454
planked?c1525
planky?1611
planched1614
board-built1837
board-and-bat1902
1454 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 173 Ye borden bed that I lye in.
c1485 Inventory in J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) 366 Borden bedde.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 509 Burdyn duris and lokis.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
† boardenv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To floor or lay with boards.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > build or construct with wood [verb (transitive)] > board or plank
plank1432
plancher1439
planchc1516
board1530
boarden1552
tabulate1656
to brattice up1862
matchboard1889
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > build or provide with specific parts [verb (transitive)] > floor > floor with planks or boards
plank1432
plancher1439
planchc1516
boarden1552
loft1563
contabulate1623
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bourden, or make of bourdes.
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 26 Your roome wheare your wooll lyeth shoulde allwayes bee bordened under foote.
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