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🪵 Overlapping boards 🪵 To cover with boards
shiplap

shiplap

7.0
Wooden boards with overlapping edges used to cover walls or the outside of a house
  • noun
  • /ˈʃɪplæp/
  • Specialized
translation icon : tablón superpuesto
  • The newly renovated cabin has a cozy feel with shiplap paneling throughout the interior.

Examples

  • Like I love the shiplap that you use right here.

  • The world's a big place, full of poor souls who don't know the difference between shiplap and Shinola.

    The Addams Family (2019)

  • Like I love the shiplap that you use right here.

  • The woodland turned on the wind, the ancient trees creaked in the beams, the joists, and the shiplap siding; the moans that haunted the wood enlivened our stories.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The living room features beautiful shiplap walls that add character to the space.

  • We decided to install shiplap on the exterior to enhance the home's rustic charm.

Synonyms

board
vsshiplap
274 1.0

A long flat piece of wood used for building or making furniture

is specialized by overlapping edges used for walls and siding
matchboard
vsshiplap
  • UK
8.2

A board with a tongue and groove that fits tightly for floors or walls

overlaps at edges rather than fitting together with matching grooves

How Decorative

wainscoting
3 9.0
beadboard
  • Specialized
1 6.7
paneling
  • US
15 3.5
shiplap
  • Specialized
7.0

Surface Forms

shiplap singular
shiplaps plural

Morphology

shiplap = ship + lap (semi-transparent) = ship + lap

The term is a compound of 'ship' and 'lap', but its architectural meaning is specialized and only partly predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Shiplap comes from the words ship and lap, because the wooden boards overlap like those on a ship and 'lap' means 'to overlap'. So shiplap is a type of wooden board with overlapping edges used for walls or siding.