weatherboard

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weatherboard¹

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From weather + board.

noun weatherboards

  1. The windward side of a vessel.
  2. A plank placed over an opening to keep out driven water.
  3. Any of a series of horizontal boards used to cover the exterior of a timber-framed building; clapboard. The homestead lies half a mile from the road, a small bungalow built of weatherboard with an iron roof and with verandas on three sides […]

verb weatherboards · weatherboarding · weatherboarded

  1. transitive To cover with a weatherboard.

Weatherboard²

proper noun

  1. A locality in the City of Ballarat, central western Victoria, Australia.

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noun clapboard

DeutschSchindel

verb To cover with a weatherboard

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@misc{weatherboard_2026,
  title = {weatherboard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/weatherboard},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}