The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lap-jointed
Lap-jointed \Lap"-joint`ed\, a. Having a lap joint, or lap joints, as many kinds of woodwork and metal work.
WordNet
lap-jointed
adj. laid overlapping (not flush) [syn: lap-strake, lap-straked, lap-streak, lap-streaked, overlapping]
Usage examples of "lap-jointed".
If you could rip up the floor you’d see that the sleepers it rests on are all lap-jointed and middle-notched, and then pegged.