Weather-board

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Weatherboard \Weath"er*board`\, n.
     1. (Naut.)
        (a) That side of a vessel which is toward the wind; the
            windward side.
        (b) A piece of plank placed in a porthole, or other
            opening, to keep out water.


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     2.
        (a) (Arch.) A board extending from the ridge to the eaves
            along the slope of the gable, and forming a close
            junction between the shingling of a roof and the side
            of the building beneath.
        (b) A clapboard or feather-edged board used in
            weatherboarding.
            [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Weather-board \Weath"er-board`\, v. t. (Arch.)
     To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order
     to exclude rain, snow, etc. --Gwilt.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  weatherboard
       n 1: a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used
            as siding by lapping one board over the board below
            [syn: {clapboard}, {weatherboarding}]
       2: the side toward the wind [syn: {to windward}, {windward side},
           {weather side}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  72 Moby Thesaurus words for "weatherboard":
     beam, billet, board, boarding, brick, clapboard, cord, cordwood,
     deal, driftwood, face, firewood, glass, glaze, hardwood, lath,
     lathing, lathwork, log, lumber, panelboard, paneling, panelwork,
     paper, plank, planking, plyboard, plywood, pole, post, puncheon,
     revet, shake, sheathe, sheathing, sheathing board, sheeting,
     shingle, sideboard, siding, slab, slat, slate, softwood, splat,
     stave, stick, stick of wood, stone, stovewood, thatch,
     three-by-four, tile, timber, timbering, timberwork, two-by-four,
     veneer, wall in, wall up, wallpaper, weather, weather deck,
     weather helm, weather sheet, weather side, weather tack,
     weather wheel, windward, windward ebb, windward flood, wood