Lumber grain as seen from one end of a board.
A wood surface consisting of exposed cross-grain.
The surface of wood exposed after cutting across the fibres. (See also Grain and Short Grain).
The end of a crosscut piece of wood.
The cut across wood which reveals the grain of the wood much as you see the grain of wood on the top of a tree stump.
When the individual boards of wood are arranged so that the grain of the wood runs vertically. This causes a knife to be able to cut in between the wood fibers rather than cutting the actual board. H-L
The pattern exposed, on the end, when a piece of wood is cut across the grain. Structural wood panels are end grain and must be finished so that water cannot enter the wood causing damage.