tongue-and-groove boards


dressed

Descriptive of brick, lumber, or stone which has been prepared, shaped, or finished by cutting, planing, rubbing, or sanding one or more of its faces.

dressed and matched boards, D and M boards, dressed and matched lumber, planed matchboards, tongue-and-groove boards

dressed and matched boards Boards or lumber that has been planed smooth; cut so that a tongue along one edge fits into a groove cut along the edge of the adjacent piece.