board rule

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   a measure used in computing board feet

   Broadermeasuring stick

Questions about board rule

What does board rule mean?

board rule means "a measure used in computing board feet".

Is board rule a common word?

board rule 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.