weatherboard
noun/ˈweðəbɔːd/
/ˈweðərbɔːrd/
(also clapboard especially in North American English)
- one of a series of long, narrow pieces of wood, each with one edge thicker than the other. They are fixed to the outside walls of a house, going from side to side, with the bottom of one over the top of the one below, to cover the wall and protect it from rain and wind
- a weatherboard house
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