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Clapboard

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Noun

1. clapboard, weatherboard, weatherboarding

a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below

Verb

2. clapboard

cover with clapboards

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Clapboard

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noun
1. 
a. 
a long thin timber board with one edge thicker than the other, used esp in the US and Canada in wood-frame construction by lapping each board over the one below
b. 
(as modifier)
a clapboard house
verb
2. (transitive)
to cover with such boards

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Clapboard

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noun
1.  US
a long, narrow board with one edge thicker than the other, used as siding
verb transitive US
2. 
to cover with clapboards

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Clapboard

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n.
A long narrow board with one edge thicker than the other, overlapped horizontally to cover the outer walls of frame structures. Also called weatherboard.
tr.v. clap·board·ed, clap·board·ing, clap·boards
To cover with clapboards.

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