Batter board

Batter board

A horizontal board nailed horizontally to two substantial posts, with the upper edge of the board preferably at grade or at some whole number of feet above or below grade. Batter boards are commonly erected, during construction of a building or in laying sewers, etc. , to help in alinement of the foundations, determine the depth of the necessary excavation, etc.

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Category: Mapping science
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batter board

Construction; Carpentry

Temporary framework for assiting locating corners when a foundation is being laid out.

batter board

Earth science; Mapping science

A horizontal board nailed horizontally to two substantial posts, with the upper edge of the board preferably at grade or at some whole number of feet above or below grade. ...

batter boards

Construction; Carpentry

A pair of horizontal boards attached to posts at the corner of a site to indicate desired levels. Often they are used to stretch strings between to create an outline for the ...

batter boards

Construction; Design; Architecture

Boards erected at the corners of a proposed building to specifically locate and show corners and show foundation wall height.

batter boards

Mining; General mining; Mineral mining

Horizontal boards placed to mark a line and a grade of a proposed building or slope.

board

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Earth science; Mapping science

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The most southern point of the Earth. The South Pole is the southern end of the axis on which the Earth rotates.

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The line of longitude that passes through the town of Greenwich, England, and that measures 0 degree. It is the line from which other longitude lines are measured.

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Earth science; Mapping science

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A figure within which the true location of a point whose location has been determined by measurement is believed to lie, with stated degree of probability.

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