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shiplap, shiplap boards, shiplap siding - Wood sheathing whose edges are rabbeted to make an overlapping joint.

It is a wood joint used chiefly in exterior siding finishes, it involves rebating the bottom of the horizontal piece of wood as it progressively is stacked on each other.

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