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weatherboard

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weath·er·board  (wr-bôrd, -brd)
n.
See clapboard.
weatherboard [ˈwɛðəˌbɔːd]
n
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a timber board, with a groove (rabbet) along the front of its top edge and along the back of its lower edge, that is fixed horizontally with others to form an exterior cladding on a wall or roof Compare clapboard
2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a sloping timber board fixed at the bottom of a door to deflect rain
3. (Transport / Nautical Terms) the windward side of a vessel
4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) Also called weatherboard house Chiefly Austral and NZ a house having walls made entirely of weatherboarding
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.weatherboardweatherboard - a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below
clapboard, weatherboarding
siding - material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof
2.weatherboardweatherboard - the side toward the wind            
to windward, weather side, windward side
windward - the direction from which the wind is coming
Translations
weatherboard [ˈweðəbɔːd] N → tabla f de chilla
weatherboard house (US) → casa f de madera
weatherboard [ˈwɛðəˌbɔːd] n → tavola di copertura
weatherboard [ˈwɛðəˌbɔːd] n → tavola di copertura


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In the middle of the day we baited our horses at a little inn, called the Weatherboard.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
Through the ru- mours of the country-side, which lasted for a good many days after his arrival, we know that the fish- ermen of West Colebrook had been disturbed and startled by heavy knocks against the walls of weatherboard cottages, and by a voice crying piercingly strange words in the night.
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This old house with the leaky weatherboards was a very different thing from their cabins at home, with great thick walls plastered inside and outside with mud; and the cold which came upon them was a living thing, a demon-presence in the room.
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