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floorboarding

noun

Etymology

From floorboard + -ing.

  1. derived from *bʰers-✻ — “tip, top”
  2. inherited from *burdą✻ — “board, plank; edge; table”
  3. inherited from *bord✻
  4. inherited from bord
  5. inherited from boord
  6. compounded as floorboard — “floor + board”
  7. formed as floorboarding — “floorboard + -ing”

Definitions

  1. The floorboards in a building or part thereof.

    • The necessary works were extensive and included replacing missing and damaged slates and other roof repairs (in order to make the building watertight), pointing and drainpipe replacement, and extensive replacement of rotten floorboarding.

  2. present participle and gerund of floorboard

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA