weatherboard

American  

[weth-er-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈwɛð ərˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun

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

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

3. Nautical. the side of a vessel toward the wind.

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verb (used with object)

1. to cover or furnish with weatherboards.

weatherboard British  

/ ˈwɛðəˌbɔːd /

noun

1. 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. a sloping timber board fixed at the bottom of a door to deflect rain

3. the windward side of a vessel

4. Also called: weatherboard house.  a house having walls made entirely of weatherboards

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Etymology

Origin of weatherboard

First recorded in 1530–40; weather + board

Example Sentences

The weatherboard structure with a tin roof was moved to a new location after it was closed, and it had remained in good shape.

From Washington Times • Jan. 26, 2020

Access the island at Fisherman’s Head, follow paths past quaint weatherboard and brick houses to Crouch Corner on the north shore, then continue along the River Crouch.

From The Guardian • May 11, 2019

"Everyone is getting out. Three hundred houses are for sale in my town, three in my street, and rental prices have collapsed on older weatherboard houses from A$1,000 a week to A$200," he says.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2015

The couple's weatherboard home burnt to the ground.

From Time • Feb. 7, 2010

We pull up at a small weatherboard shack, and Marv gets out.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak