Definitions for shiplap

shiplap ship·lap

Spelling: [ship-lap]
IPA: /ˈʃɪpˌlæp/

Shiplap is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 163 anagrams from letters in shiplap (ahilpps).

Definitions for shiplap

noun

  1. an overlapping joint, as a rabbet, between two boards joined edge to edge.
  2. boarding joined with such overlapping joints.

Origin of shiplap

First recorded in 1850-55; ship1 + lap2

Examples for shiplap

His house was rudely put together, shingle-roofed and walled with shiplap boards that gave out strong resinous odors.

They evidently come in from the outside between the logs and the shiplap to the loft above.

Over this paper place any kind of boards that the fancy of the builder may dictate, as clapboards, shiplap, or drop-siding.

The walls will be of shiplap, covered with matched siding, with tarpaper between.

Word Value for shiplap
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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