drop siding

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noun

weatherboarding having its upper edges narrowed to fit into grooves or rabbets in its lower edges, and its backs flat against the sheathing or studs of the wall.

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Also called novelty siding.

Words nearby drop siding

drop-ship, drop shipment, drop shipper, drop shot, dropsical, drop siding, dropsley, dropsonde, dropsy, dropt, drop table

How to use drop siding in a sentence

Over this paper place any kind of boards that the fancy of the builder may dictate, as clapboards, shiplap, or drop-siding.
Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians|William K. David
Drop siding, or German siding as it is sometimes called, makes a warmer and better wall than weather-boarding.
Convenient Houses|Louis Henry Gibson
In this house made of one thickness of drop siding and paper, we spent the terrible snow winter of 80-81.
Some Pioneers and Pilgrims on the Prairies of Dakota|John B. Reese
This time it was a little square-roofed house made of drop siding (no more tar paper).
Land of the Burnt Thigh|Edith Eudora Kohl

Siding, 8-inch drop siding, put on horizontally, nailed with 10d nails.
Economy of the Round Dairy Barn|Wilber John Fraser