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shiplap, shiplap boards, shiplap siding - Wood sheathing whose edges are rabbeted to make an overlapping joint.

It is a wood joint used chiefly in exterior siding finishes, it involves rebating the bottom of the horizontal piece of wood as it progressively is stacked on each other.

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To "lap" a joint means to place one 'part' of on piece over one 'part' of another such that the assembly appears to be one piece.

you can make an 'L' cut on each end of 2 2x4s and over'lap' them together which would be the simplest lap joint

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