weatherboarding
- noun
- /ˈwɛðərˌbɔrdɪŋ/
- UK
:
revestimiento de tablones
- After the storm, several pieces of weatherboarding were found scattered in the yard, revealing the wooden surface underneath.
Examples
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On the other side of the stream was the old mill, its weatherboarding decrepit, its sack-hoists serving now as perches for fat pigeons.
Fiction book (1993) -
The cabin's rustic charm came from the weatherboarding that covered its exterior in weathered shades of brown.
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The windows did not let in much light, but cracks in the weatherboarding and roof helped relieve the dimness.
Fiction book (1993) -
To improve insulation, we decided to replace the old weatherboarding on the house with new, thicker boards.
Synonyms
19
4.5
Material fixed to the outside of a house to protect it from weather and make it look nicer
8
7.0
A long thin wooden board that overlaps the one below to cover the outside of a building
1
7.2
A long thin board placed overlapping others on outside walls to keep rain out
Surface Forms
Morphology
weatherboarding = weatherboard (semi-transparent) = weather + board + ing
The step from weatherboard to weatherboarding is a straightforward noun-forming extension, but the resulting term is a specialized building-material label rather than a fully regular meaning extension.
Etymology
Weatherboarding comes from weather ('wind and rain') and board ('wooden plank'). It names long, thin boards placed on the outside of a house that overlap like roof tiles to keep out the weather.