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. See clapboard
   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

They could at least weatherboard them and make them more comfortable.

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Weatherboard—that is, planks overlapping each other—was formerly much used for house-fronts, and possessed great durability.

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It was a small four-roomed weatherboard cottage, with a bark roof, but very neatly put on.

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Far otherwise is it with a weatherboard building overtaken by the same fate.

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In the middle of the day we baited our horses at a little inn, called the Weatherboard.

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