| 释义 |
ˈclapboarding U.S.
[f. clapboard.]
a. The putting on of clapboards.
b. A series of clapboards on a building.
1637in Dedham Rec. (1892) III. 32 It is agreed concerning Clapboarding of houses yt it shalbe at liberty untill mid-somer day next. 1767Boston Even. Post 15 June (Th.), The lightning fell in a perpendicular direction, ripping the clap-boarding and plaistering as it fell. 1872Rep. Vermont Board Agric. I. 309 Paper..can be advantageously used between floors and between boarding and clapboarding on the walls. 1905H. Garland Tyranny of Dark 59 The paint was blistering and peeling from the clap-boarding on the sunny side of the main building. |