clapboard
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- noun
- /ˈklæbˌbɔrd/
- Specialized
:
tablón
- They painted the clapboard siding of their house a bright blue to stand out in the neighborhood.
- clapboard house
Examples
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Doug parked the car on the street in front of the white clapboard house.
Fiction book (1991) -
Looking up at the miles of clapboard, she had a sudden cold doubt.
Fiction book (1996) -
We came to a large, high clapboard house close to the ocean.
Academic text (2011) -
The school is on a hillside above the white clapboard houses of the nearby town.
Fiction book (1992) -
We approached this big white clapboard building set on a few acres of treed land.
Fiction book (1997) -
The houses were cream-colored clapboard, and all of them had green asphalt roofs.
Fiction book (1991) -
The stone rattled harmlessly off the clapboards and fell at my feet.
Fiction book (1991) -
Childhood dreams were born in a one-room clapboard schoolhouse with eight grades huddled around a coal stove.
Fiction book (1993) -
The historic district is known for its beautiful clapboard homes that reflect classic American architecture.
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As we drove through the countryside, we admired the charming clapboard houses lining the road.
Synonyms
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A long thin board placed overlapping others on outside walls to keep rain out
A long thin wooden board that sits on house walls with each board overlapping the one below
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Clapboard is literally clap + board: thin wooden boards placed so each one 'overlaps' the one below, much like roof tiles. That's why a clapboard is a long, thin outside board used to keep rain and wind out of a house.