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gopher wood

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gopher wood
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Bible) the wood used in the construction of Noah's ark, thought to be a type of cypress (Genesis 6:14)
[from Hebrew gōpher]
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It would have been bad enough collecting all that gopher wood - about 75,000 square feet of it, I should think - unless she was flat bottomed in which case add about another 10,000 square feet - let alone all the cutting, pegging and caulking with pitch.
No room for Noah to slack by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
 
 
 
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