Straight-joint

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Straight-joint \Straight"-joint`\, a. (Arch.)
     Having straight joints. Specifically:
     (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. --Brandle & C.
     (b) In the United States, applied to planking or flooring put


         together without the tongue and groove, the pieces being
         laid edge to edge.
         [1913 Webster]