weatherboard

[ weth-er-bawrd, -bohrd ]

/ ˈwɛð ərˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun

an early type of board used as a siding for a building.

Chiefly British. any of various forms of board used as a siding for a building.

Nautical. the side of a vessel toward the wind.

verb (used with object)

to cover or furnish with weatherboards.

Origin of weatherboard

First recorded in 1530–40; weather + board

Words nearby weatherboard

weather, weatherability, weather advisory, weather balloon, weather-beaten, weatherboard, weatherboarding, weather-bound, weathercast, weathercaster, weathercoat

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Example sentences from the Web for weatherboard

Weatherboard—that is, planks overlapping each other—was formerly much used for house-fronts, and possessed great durability.
Nooks and Corners of English Life, Past and Present|John Timbs
Far otherwise is it with a weatherboard building overtaken by the same fate.
Savage Island|Basil C. Thomson
Nearer to the station cluster the weatherboard business places of the little township of Burunda.
In the Mist of the Mountains|Ethel Turner
Some of them had weatherboard houses but the majority of them was log houses.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves|Work Projects Administration

In the middle of the day we baited our horses at a little inn, called the Weatherboard.
A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World|Charles Darwin

British Dictionary definitions for weatherboard

weatherboard

/ (ˈwɛðəˌbɔːd) /

noun

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 roofCompare clapboard

a sloping timber board fixed at the bottom of a door to deflect rain

the windward side of a vessel

Also called: weatherboard house mainly Australian and NZ a house having walls made entirely of weatherboards

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	weatherboard
释义	weatherboard [ weth-er-bawrd, -bohrd ] / ˈwɛð ərˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd / noun an early type of board used as a siding for a building. Chiefly British. any of various forms of board used as a siding for a building. Nautical. the side of a vessel toward the wind. verb (used with object) to cover or furnish with weatherboards. Origin of weatherboard First recorded in 1530–40; weather + board Words nearby weatherboard weather, weatherability, weather advisory, weather balloon, weather-beaten, weatherboard, weatherboarding, weather-bound, weathercast, weathercaster, weathercoat Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for weatherboard Weatherboard—that is, planks overlapping each other—was formerly much used for house-fronts, and possessed great durability. Nooks and Corners of English Life, Past and Present\|John Timbs Far otherwise is it with a weatherboard building overtaken by the same fate. Savage Island\|Basil C. Thomson Nearer to the station cluster the weatherboard business places of the little township of Burunda. In the Mist of the Mountains\|Ethel Turner Some of them had weatherboard houses but the majority of them was log houses. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves\|Work Projects Administration In the middle of the day we baited our horses at a little inn, called the Weatherboard. A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World\|Charles Darwin British Dictionary definitions for weatherboard weatherboard / (ˈwɛðəˌbɔːd) / noun 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 roofCompare clapboard a sloping timber board fixed at the bottom of a door to deflect rain the windward side of a vessel Also called: weatherboard house mainly Australian and NZ a house having walls made entirely of weatherboards Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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