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clapboard
CIDE DICTIONARY
clapboard, n.
- A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; -- used for weatherboarding the outside of houses. [1913 Webster]
- A stave for a cask. Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
clapboard, v. t.
To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a house. Bartlett. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
clapboard, n. US = WEATHERBOARD.
Etymology
Anglicized f. LG klappholt cask-stave
THESAURUS
clapboard
Formica, Masonite, asphalt, beam, billet, blacktop, board, boarding, brick, canvas, carpeting, cobblestone, concrete, cord, cordwood, cork tile, deal, driftwood, fiber glass, firewood, flag, flagging, flagstone, flooring, hardwood, lath, lathing, lathwork, linoleum, log, lumber, macadam, panelboard, paneling, panelwork, pantile, paper, parquet, pavement, pavestone, paving, plank, planking, plasterboard, plyboard, plywood, pole, post, puncheon, roofage, roofing, roofing paper, shake, sheathing, sheathing board, sheeting, shingle, sideboard, siding, slab, slat, slate, softwood, splat, spun glass, stave, stick, stick of wood, stone, stovewood, tar paper, thatch, three-by-four, tile, tilestone, tiling, timber, timbering, timberwork, two-by-four, veneer, wainscoting, wallboard, walling, wallpaper, weatherboard, woodROGET THESAURUS
clapboard
Materials
N materials, material, raw material, stuff, stock, staple, adobe, brown stone, chinking, clapboard, daubing, puncheon, shake, shingle, bricks and mortar, metal, stone, clay, brick crockery, compo, composition, concrete, reinforced concrete, cement, wood, ore, timber, materials, supplies, munition, fuel, grist, household stuff pabulum, ammunition, contingents, relay, reinforcement, reenforcement, baggage, means, calico, cambric, cashmere, raw, wooden, adobe.Covering
VB cover, superpose, superimpose, overlay, overspread, wrap, encase, incase, face, case, veneer, pave, paper, tip, cap, bind, bulkhead, bulkhead in, clapboard, coat, paint, varnish, pay, incrust, stucco, dab, plaster, tar, wash, besmear, bedaub, anoint, do over, gild, plate, japan, lacquer, lacker, enamel, whitewash, parget, lay it on thick, overlie, overarch, endome, conceal, anodize, galvanize.For further exploring for "clapboard" in Webster Dictionary Online