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battenboard

n. A compound wood board consisting of boards of softwood placed side by side and sandwiched between veneer panels, often of hardwood, considered to be of lower quality than blockboard.

Usage examples of "battenboard".

It reminded him somehow of his childhood, of the old stone fireplace in the battenboard cabin by the lake, with the crossed snowshoes over the mantelpiece and the loons calling off the water.

In the end, even the battenboard cabin would have to go, and he would never gaze on this lake again.