clapboard

/klˈæpbɔːd/

/ˈkɫæpˌbɔɹd/

Clapboard

a type of wooden siding made from overlapping, tapered boards, commonly used for weather-resistant and visually appealing exterior cladding in residential construction

synonyms : weatherboard

weatherboarding

to clapboard

[VERB]

MAIN VERB

cover with clapboards

Examples

1. The town consisted of a clutch of white, wooden buildings: a clapboard post office, a general store, and a patterned New England church with a single steeple atop a square base.

2. And we lived in a little clapboard house behind another house, right?