weatherboard

[ weth-er-bawrd, -bohrd ]

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.

verb (used with object)

1. to cover or furnish with weatherboards.

weatherboard

/ 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 calledweatherboard house a house having walls made entirely of weatherboards

Word History and Origins

Origin of weatherboard¹

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

A street lined with early-19th-century weatherboard houses is named after her, and at the Helene Schjerfbeck cafe they serve lingonberry and bitter chocolate cake with the initials HS picked out in sugar.

From The Guardian

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

He said: "This is never about me. It's about the person in the weatherboard and iron, something that manifestly expressed what the National Party is about."

From BBC

The two gallons go to Alvin Wayne, who escorts me and the water to his weatherboard house, shuffling on his cane.

From The Guardian