SHIPLAP


Meaning of SHIPLAP in English

/ship"lap'/ , n. Carpentry.

1. an overlapping joint, as a rabbet, between two boards joined edge to edge.

2. boarding joined with such overlapping joints. See illus. under siding .

[ 1850-55; SHIP + LAP 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .