weatherboard

[ weth-er-bawrd, -bohrd ]

/ ˈwɛð ərˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

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noun

an early type of board used as a siding for a building.

Chiefly British. any of various forms of board used as a siding for a building.

Nautical. the side of a vessel toward the wind.

verb (used with object)

to cover or furnish with weatherboards.

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Origin of weatherboard

First recorded in 1530–40; weather + board

Words nearby weatherboard

weather, weatherability, weather advisory, weather balloon, weather-beaten, weatherboard, weatherboarding, weather-bound, weathercast, weathercaster, weathercoat

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How to use weatherboard in a sentence

They could at least weatherboard them and make them more comfortable.
The Land of Lure|Elliott Smith
Weatherboard—that is, planks overlapping each other—was formerly much used for house-fronts, and possessed great durability.
Nooks and Corners of English Life, Past and Present|John Timbs
It was a small four-roomed weatherboard cottage, with a bark roof, but very neatly put on.
Robbery Under Arms|Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood
Far otherwise is it with a weatherboard building overtaken by the same fate.
Savage Island|Basil C. Thomson

In the middle of the day we baited our horses at a little inn, called the Weatherboard.
A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World|Charles Darwin

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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