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Weather boards.—For outdoor buildings, such as garages, garden sheds, toolhouses, etc., "weatherboarding" is often preferred to ordinary matchboarding, chiefly because of the facility with which it throws off the rain.

From Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. by Fairham, William