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weatherboard
[ weth-er-bawrd, -bohrd ]
/ ˈwɛð ərˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /
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noun
verb (used with object)
to cover or furnish with weatherboards.
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British Dictionary definitions for weatherboard
weatherboard
/ (ˈwɛðəˌbɔːd) /
noun
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 roofCompare clapboard
a sloping timber board fixed at the bottom of a door to deflect rain
the windward side of a vessel
Also called: weatherboard house mainly Australian and NZ a house having walls made entirely of weatherboards
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