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DictionaryboardingWooden covering
noun

boarding

Wooden planks used to cover a surface.

Workers nail wooden boarding across the damaged shop window.

Etymology
boardOld Englishplank
+ingEnglishmaterial or collection

Old English bord named a plank. The ending forms a collective material name, so boarding refers to planks considered together as a covering for a wall, floor, or other surface.

More examples

  • The old shed's boarding has begun to rot.
  • Fresh boarding covers the exposed frame.
  • Rain soaked through gaps in the boarding.

Similar words

planking
Similarly refers to boards collectively, often thicker structural ones.
paneling
Usually a finished wall covering rather than rough boards.