Board feet, a unit of measurement for lumber volume equal to a piece of wood 12 inches long, 12 inches wide, and 1 inch thick.
English abbreviation combining 'board' (a flat piece of wood) + 'feet' (the unit of length), created for convenient notation in lumber industry documentation.
The board foot is a clever measurement that woodworkers created because they needed to account for both the length and thickness of wood when pricing and ordering materials, unlike regular feet which only measure length.
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