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scaleboards

scaleboards is the plural of scaleboard.

Meaning of scaleboard

Noun

scaleboard (plural scaleboards)

  1. (obsolete) A thin slip of wood used to justify a page.
    • During the time it is working down , the head and winter will require an additional scaleboard now and then , which will be ascertained by observing whether the pull produces an adequate impression1808, Caleb Stower, The Compositor's and Pressman's Guide to the Art of Printing
  2. (obsolete) A thin veneer or leaf of wood used for covering the surface of articles of furniture etc.

Questions about scaleboards

What is scaleboards the plural of?
Scaleboards is the plural of scaleboard.

Words near scaleboards in the dictionary

  1. scalebeam
  2. scalebeams
  3. scaleboard
  4. scaleboard plane
  5. scaleboard planes
  6. scaleboards
  7. scalebound
  8. scaled
  9. scaled back
  10. scaled copies
  11. scaled copy

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