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shiplaps

shiplaps is the plural of shiplap.

shiplaps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shiplap.

Meaning of shiplap

Noun

shiplap (countable and uncountable, plural shiplaps)

  1. A type of wooden board that has rabbets to allow them to be overlapped, commonly used for the exterior siding of buildings.
    • He stood on the horse and located several long pieces of one-by-eight shiplap and pulled them down.1975, Larry Woiwode, Beyond the Bedroom Wall, page 36

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Questions about shiplaps

What is shiplaps the plural of?
Shiplaps is the plural of shiplap.

Words near shiplaps in the dictionary

  1. shipkillers
  2. Shiplake
  3. shiplap
  4. shiplapped
  5. shiplapping
  6. shiplaps
  7. shipless
  8. shiplet
  9. shiplets
  10. Shipley
  11. shiplier

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