clapboard

Other forms: clapboards; clapboarded; clapboarding

Definitions of clapboard
  1. noun
    a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below
    synonyms: weatherboard, weatherboarding
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    type of:
    siding
    material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof
  2. verb
    cover with clapboards
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    type of:
    cover
    provide with a covering or cause to be covered
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