board measure

1. 1.

   a system of units for measuring lumber based on the board foot

   Broadersystem of measurement

Questions about board measure

What does board measure mean?

board measure means "a system of units for measuring lumber based on the board foot".

Is board measure a common word?

board measure is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.