different between weatherboard vs clapboard

English

Etymology

weather +? board

Noun

weatherboard (plural weatherboards)

1. (nautical) The windward side of a vessel.
2. (nautical) A plank placed over an opening to keep out driven water.
3. Any of a series of horizontal boards used to cover the exterior of a timber-framed building; clapboard.
   • 1952, Neville Shute, The Far Country, London: Heinemann, Chapter One,^[1]

     The homestead lies half a mile from the road, a small bungalow built of weatherboard with an iron roof and with verandas on three sides […]

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Verb

weatherboard (third-person singular simple present weatherboards, present participle weatherboarding, simple past and past participle weatherboarded)

1. (transitive) To cover with a weatherboard.

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English

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?klæp?b??(?)d/, /?klæb?(?)d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?klæb(?)?d/
• Hyphenation: clap?board

Noun

clapboard (countable and uncountable, plural clapboards)

1. A narrow board, usually thicker at one edge than the other, used as siding for houses and similar structures of frame construction.
2. (uncountable) Such boards, arranged horizontally and overlapping with thick edge down, collectively, as siding.
3. (archaic, Britain) An oak board of a size used for barrel staves.

Synonyms

• weatherboard

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Verb

clapboard (third-person singular simple present clapboards, present participle clapboarding, simple past and past participle clapboarded)

1. To cover with clapboards.

See also

• Clapboard (architecture) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• clapboard at OneLook Dictionary Search

Etymology 2

clap +? board

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?klæp?b??(?)d/

Noun

clapboard (plural clapboards)

1. (film) A clapper board; a device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used to synchronize picture and sound at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production.

Synonyms

• (film): clapper board, clapstick, slate, slate board, sync slate, sticks, board, marker

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