单词 | clapboard |
释义 | clapboardn.1 1. a. originally. A smaller size of split oak, imported from north Germany, and used by coopers for making barrel-staves; in later times also for wainscoting. Apparently now obsolete, except as a traditional term in the Customs schedules: quot. 1833 gives an interpretation of it for fiscal purposes. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > piece split off > of oak collectively wainscot1388 knapple1496 clapboardc1520 French panel1556 rift1577 rift timber1775 c1520 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1888) III. 200 Item, Johanni Malthows et ijbus sociis ejus..et servienti dominæ Musgraff cum serviente Wi Coke cum v plaustratis le wayne scott et clap bordes de Burghbrig ad Ripon' 5s. 10d. 1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 101 Those Boordes not exceding the length of a Clapboorde. 1623 E. Wynne in R. Whitbourne Disc. New-found-land 111 We stand in need of another brewing Copper, some Clap-boords, more Iron and Steele. 1665 Earl of Sandwich Let. 5 Sept. in S. Pepys Corresp. (1879) VI. 101 (note) Fountaine of Schedam, a busse, laden with clawboards. 1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Clap-board, a Board cut ready to make Casks, etc. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Oak Clapboards for Wainscot. 1772 G. Jacob New Law-dict. (at cited word) For every six ton of beer exported, the same cask, or as good, or two hundred of clapboards is to be imported. 1833 Act 3 & 4 William IV c. 56 Wood Staves above 3 Inches in Thickness, or above 7 Inches in Breadth, and not exceeding 63 Inches in Length, shall be deemed Clap Boards, and be charged with Duty accordingly. 1840–56 S. C. Brees Gloss. Civil Engin. Clap-board, a species of oak imported from Norway, and very similar to Dutch wainscot. b. In U.S. A board, thinner at one edge, used to cover the sides or roofs of houses, each board being made to overlap that below it; a weather-board. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > board or plank > for building > weatherboard weatherboard1539 clove-board1561 clapboard1641 cloe-board1666 siding1829 1641 Records Salisbury, Mass. in Coffin Newberry (1845) 34 No man shall sell clabords of five foot in length for more than three shillings per hundred..and if they cleave by the hundred they shall not exceed sixpence per hundred; noe man shall sell ani sawn bord for more than five shillings per hundred. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 380 The strong Easterly breeze..which had stripped all the surviving frames..of clapboard and roof. 1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table vii. 204 The moss grows on the rotten shingles of the roof, and the clapboards have turned black. 1885 S. O. Jewett Marsh Island xiii The wind was blowing, and a lilac bush outside brushed against the clapboards. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > board or plank > for building > weatherboard > collectively clapholt1477 clapboard1543 clove-board1561 siding1874 1543–4 Act 35 Hen. VIII c. 8 As much clapborde or other borde mete for bere barrelles. a1618 W. Raleigh Observ. in Remains (1661) 180 Huge piles of Wainscot, Clapboard, Firdeal. 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 81 The Commodities of Denmarke, and Norway, and Sweaden. Wheat, Rye, Woolles, Deales, Clap-boord, Pipe-staues, etc. 1650 E. Williams Virginia (title page) The making of the Saw-mill..for cutting of Timber and Clapbord to build withall. 1727 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman II. ii. Introd. 19 Clap-board and Pipe, and Barrel-staves..from Hamburgh. 1887 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices V. 523 Entries of clove, clap, or claw board, generally bought for the navy. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. ΚΠ 1745 London Mag. 402 Anchorsmiths..Clapboard splitters. 1840 W. Irving Chron. Wolfert's Roost (1855) 269 A tolerably large bark shanty, with a clapboard roof. 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Clap-board gage, a device used in putting on the weather-hoarding so as to leave a uniform width of face to the weather. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). clapboardn.2 Cinematography. A device incorporating two hinged boards that are struck together in front of a camera at the start (or occasionally end) of a shot to aid the synchronization of picture and sound, and displaying details of the take, production, etc., being filmed; = clapper board at clapper n.1 3d. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > filming equipment > [noun] > clappers clapper board1940 clapboard1959 1959 Pasadena (Calif.) Independent 1 July 5/5 (caption) ‘Roll 'em!’—Andy Barrin, with clapboard, signals start of scene. 1978 G. Vidal Kalki iii. 75 A man with a clapboard stood between the camera and the door. ‘Start rolling,’ said the director. 1987 G. Kindem Moving Image x. 253/1 In the absence of a clapboard, a person can call out ‘slate!’ followed by a sharp handclap. 2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 7 Oct. ii. 4/2 Now and then the director, who serves as an interviewer, snaps a clapboard to signal the beginning or end of a scene of the movie-in-progress. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). clapboardv. U.S. transitive. To cover or line with clapboards. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > clad or cover [verb (transitive)] > clad or cover with woodwork ceila1400 sark1464 wainscot1570 impanel1577 panel1633 pane1708 rough-board1755 clapboard1840 1637 in New Plymouth Col. Rec. (1861) XII. 26 The house to be..clap boarded within..and a partition to be made of clap board. 1642 Boston Town Rec. 6 Aug. The walls claboarded tight from the injury of rayne and snow. 1705 Charlestown Land Rec. 172 [To] board or clabboard the outside of said house. 1721 in Harvard College Rec. (1925) II. 457 Voted, That..the sd College be Clap-boarded on the East Side. 1740 Boston Town Rec. XII. 273 For Clapboarding the Backside and other Repairs. 1787 W. Bentley Diary 6 June (1905) I. 66 The meeting house..is finished but is but partly clapboarded without. 1810 J. Lambert Trav. Canada & U.S. (1813) I. 152 The neat wooden farm-houses..are generally clapboarded over the rough logs. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxii. 67 The sides of the between-decks were clapboarded. 1881 J. Hawthorne Fortune's Fool (1883) i. iv The house..was built of wood throughout..it was clap-boarded. Derivatives ˈclapboarded adj. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific construction > [adjective] wandedc1593 brick-built1596 rock-built1596 mud-walled1607 sedgy1624 sodden1639 nogged1688 frame1760 logged1784 stucco1786 weatherboarded1794 piled1795 thick-walled1820 clapboarded1835 board-built1837 pebble-dashed1839 puncheoned1843 timber-framed1843 betimbered1847 pile-built1851 massy1855 bamboo-walled1858 portable1860 half-timber1874 stone-faced1874 Red River frame1879 ashlared1881 granolithic1881 brick-end1883 converted1888 steel frame1898 board-and-bat1902 traviated1902 steel-framed1906 prefabricated1921 prefab1937 multiwall1940 pre-engineered1955 curtain-walled1959 pre-fabbed1959 timber-frame1967 system-built1968 flat-pack1982 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [adjective] > made of boards or planks > of type of board rough-boarded1789 weatherboarded1794 sparred1805 clapboarded1835 matchboarded1894 1835 Southern Literary Messenger 2 53 The clap-boarded roof. 1883 W. H. Bishop Old Mexico ii. xxiv. 349 Comfortable little clapboarded houses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1c1520n.21959v.1637 |
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