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beaded board

noun

Definition of beaded board

: beadboard … he used beaded board on the underside of the porch roof, where it won't be exposed to the weather. — Mary Beth Breckenridge, Ventura County Star (California), 29 May 2009

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1852, in the meaning defined above

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