weatherboarding

[weth-er-bawr-ding, -bohr-]

noun

1. a covering or facing of weatherboards.

2. weatherboards collectively.

Word History and Origins

Origin of weatherboarding¹

First recorded in 1625–35; weatherboard + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

The black weatherboarding was designed to give a distinct local identity, echoing the barns that adorn the Essex countryside.

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It had once been painted white as to the weatherboarding and green as to the shutters, but time and rain had reduced the walls to gray and the shutters to a dark, nondescript color.

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The weatherboarding and the roof should be tight to prevent too free escape of the smoke.

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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.

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Through its rough weatherboarding the winds and snows of winter would howl.

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