blockboard
nounEtymology From block + board.
1
A compound wood board consisting of nearly square strips of softwood placed side by side and sandwiched between veneer panels, often of hardwood.
- Compartment and corridor partitions are of blockboard, with appropriate decorative veneers to suit the varied interior decoration.1951 May, “British Railways Standard Coaches”, in Railway Magazine, pages 327-328:
- Coordinate terms
- laminboard, battenboard, block plywood, blockplywood