Bible Dictionaries
Straight-Joint
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(a.) Having straight joints.
(2):
(a.) Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves.
(3):
(a.) In the United States, applied to planking or flooring put together without the tongue and groove, the pieces being laid edge to edge.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Straight-Joint'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/straight-joint.html. 1828.