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noun

Weatherboard n.

(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.

(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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Etymology of 'Weatherboard'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Weatherboard" Quotes from Famous Books

... cook in the Big House. They'd give us pot likker with bread crumbs in it. Sometimes meat, jest sometimes, very seldom. I liked black-eyed peas and still do till now. We lived in weatherboard house. Our parents had corded-up beds with ropes and us chillun slept on the floor for most part or in a hole bored in a log. Our house had one window jest big enough to stick your head out of, and one door, and this one door faced the Big House which was your master's ...

— Slave Narratives, Oklahoma - A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From - Interviews with Former Slaves • Various

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