masonite
nounEtymology From Mason + -ite, after William H. Mason, who patented the process for making it.
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A type of hardboard formed using wooden chips and blasting them into long fibers with steam and then forming them into boards.
- All recently-constructed coaches have varnished masonite panelling.1952 May, “The Why and the Wherefore: Locomotive and Coach Livery , G.N.R. (I.)”, in Railway Magazine, page 358:
- Earl discovered a broken pane, an “escape exit,”, and they covered it with a splitting piece of Masonite.1975, Larry Woiwode, Beyond the Bedroom Wall, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, page 385:
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- "Wobbling" is shaking a warped Masonite board to produce bizarre rhythmic sounds.1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 138: