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Weatherboard   Listen
noun
Weatherboard  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.
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.





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"Weatherboard" Quotes from Famous Books



... and it will bring a lot of flies. Flies don't die in the winter. Lots of folks think they do. They go up in cracks and little places like that under the weatherboard there—any place where it is warm—and there they huddle up and stay till it gets warm. Then they come out and get something to eat and go back again when it cools off. They live right on through the winter in ...
— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States - Volume II. Arkansas Narratives. Part I • Work Projects Administration


Words linked to "Weatherboard" :   siding, windward side, weather side


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