ˈrack-deal
[f. rack n.2]
Deal set up in a rack or framework and dried by exposure to the air.
| 1807 C. Vancouver Agric. Devon (1813) 96 The floor above is made of rack deal, or any soft wood plank. 1835 White in Parl. Rep. Timber Duties 206 By being cut out with the sap running to them, they would be both sappy and slabby; those are what we call rack deals. 1887 Dict. Archit. s.v. Rack, The name of the framework in which deals or boards are placed on end for air-drying... Hence the term ‘rack deals’. |