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🪵 Overlapping boards 🪵 To cover with boards
to shiplap

to shiplap

7.6
To cover a wall or surface with wooden boards that overlap at the edges
  • verb
  • /ˈʃɪplæp/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cubrir con tablones
  • The contractor will shiplap the exterior to improve both appearance and weather resistance.

Examples

  • Many homeowners choose to shiplap accent walls for a rustic look.

  • They decided to shiplap the kitchen walls to give the space a farmhouse feel.

  • They decided to shiplap the living room walls.

  • I want to shiplap my kitchen for a rustic look.

  • They decided to shiplap the kitchen walls to give the space a farmhouse feel.

  • The contractor will shiplap the exterior to improve both appearance and weather resistance.

  • Many homeowners choose to shiplap accent walls for a rustic look.

Synonyms

to board up
vsto shiplap
26 3.8

Cover windows or doors with pieces of wood to protect them

is a decorative wall covering using narrow overlapping wooden strips for finish

Surface Forms

shiplap infinitive
shiplapped past
shiplapped past participle
shiplapping present participle
shiplaps third person singular

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 to shiplap a wall is to cover it with those overlapping wooden boards.