Hypertext Webster Gateway: "clapboard"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clapboard \Clap"board\, n.
1. A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; --
used for weatherboarding the outside of houses. [U. S.]
2. A stave for a cask. [Eng.] --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clapboard \Clap"board\, v. t.
To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a
house. [U. S.] --Bartlett.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
clapboard
n : a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used
as siding by lapping one board over the board below [syn:
{weatherboard}, {weatherboarding}]
v : cover with clapboards
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