Bottom Deck - Assembly of deckboards comprising the lower, load bearing surface of the pallet

Chamfered Deckboards - Deckboards with edges of one or two faces beveled, either along the full or specified length of board or between the stringers of blocks, allowing easier entry of pallet jack wheels.

Deckboard - Element or component of a pallet deck, oriented perpendicular to the stringer or stringerboard

Double-Face Pallet - A pallet with top and bottom decks

Double-Wing Pallet - A pallet with top and bottom deckboards extending beyond the edges of the stringers or stringerboards

Flush Pallet - A pallet with deckboards flush with the stringers along the sides of the pallet

Hardwood - Wood from broad-leaved species of trees (not necessarily hard or dense)

Length - Refers to the stringer or stringerboard length; also refers to the first dimension given to describe a pallet i.e., 48" x 40", where 48" is the pallet stringer/stringerboard length

Non-Reversible Pallet - A pallet with bottom deckboard configuration different from top deck

Single-Wing Pallet - A pallet with the top deckboards extending beyond the edges of the stringers or stringer-boards with the bottom deckboards flush (if present)

Skid - A pallet having no bottom deck

Softwood - Wood from coniferous or needle-bearing trees (not necessarily soft or low density)

Strap Notch - Recess or cutout on the upper edge of the stringer or the bottom of the top deckboard to allow tie-down of a unit load to the pallet deck with strapping/banding, also called the banding notch

Stringer - Continuous, longitudinal, solid or notched beam-component of the pallet used to support deck components, often identified by location as the outside or center stringer

Top-Deck of the Pallet - The assembly of deckboards comprising the upper load-carrying surface of the pallet