matchwood

noun

Etymology: From match + wood.

1. Wood, often in the form of splinters, suitable for making matches.

   “The great stick was torn from his grasp and broken in two as though it had been matchwood, to be flung aside as the now infuriated beast charged for his adversary’s throat.”

   “The walls were as thin as matchwood, and to hide the cracks they had been covered with layer after layer of pink paper, which had come loose and housed innumerable bugs.”