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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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
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