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Weatherboard

noun
1.
A long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below.  Synonyms: clapboard, weatherboarding.
2.
The side toward the wind.  Synonyms: to windward, weather side, windward side.






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"Weatherboard" Quotes from Famous Books



... odd iron cannon of all sizes and patterns stood mounted in embrasures; plenty grape and canister lay ready; and at every hundred yards or so the German flag was flying. The numbers of the guns and flags I give as I received them, though they test my faith. At the house of Brandeis—a little, weatherboard house, crammed at the time with natives, men, women, and squalling children—Leary and Moors again asked for "the high chief," and were again assured that he was farther on. A little beyond, the road ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson



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



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