batter board

batter board
noun
Etymology: batter (IV)
: one of a pair of horizontal boards nailed to posts set near the corners of an excavation for a building and used by the builders to indicate a desired level and also as a fastening for stretched strings to mark outlines

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(at a building site) one of a number of boards set horizontally to support strings for outlining the foundation plan of a building.

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batter board,
one of the boards fastened horizontally to posts near the corners of an excavation to which strings are stretched to mark the outlines of the wall or building.

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