weath·er·board (w    r-bôrd , -b rd)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
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| Noun | 1. |  weatherboard - a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board belowsiding - material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof |
| 2. |  weatherboard - the side toward the wind windward - the direction from which the wind is coming |
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