A piece of wood, sometimes ornamental, placed along a gable, roof edge, etc., to protect a building from rain. Now rare.
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| 释义 | society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > wall of building > [noun] > structures for throwing off rainwater (13) water board1372 A piece of wood, sometimes ornamental, placed along a gable, roof edge, etc., to protect a building from rain. Now rare. water table1428 Architecture. A horizontal projecting ledge or moulding with a sloping top, set along the side of a wall to throw off rain. Also: the sloping top… water tabling1520 Architecture. Water tables (water table, n. 1) collectively; a line of water tables. weatherboard1568 A board placed sloping over a window or other opening to throw off or keep out rain; †plural louver-boards; also, a board used to carry off water. weather-spar1632 = weatherboard, n. 2. throat1736 Architecture and Building. A groove or channel on the underside of a sill, string course, coping, etc., to prevent rainwater running back towards… weathering1739 Architecture. A projecting course on the face of a wall, serving as a ‘drip’ to throw off rainwater; a sloped ‘set off’ of a wall or buttress; the… creasing1823 Architecture. (See quots.) Cf. crease, n.2 3. weather-table1839 = water table, n. 1. dashboard1881 Architecture. A sloping board to carry off rainwater from the face of a wall. watershed1886 A structure or object which is shaped (usually sloped) so that water flows to and falls from its edges. Now somewhat rare. waterboarding1927 U.S. Apparently: boarding used to protect a building from rain. Cf. water board, n. 1a. rare. Subcategories:— parts of (1) |
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