weatherboard

IPA: wˈɛðɝbɔrd

noun

  • (nautical) The windward side of a vessel.
  • (nautical) A plank placed over an opening to keep out driven water.
  • Any of a series of horizontal boards used to cover the exterior of a timber-framed building; clapboard.

verb

  • (transitive) To cover with a weatherboard.
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Examples of "weatherboard" in Sentences

  • THE NEXT DAY BENJI and I were standing outside a white weatherboard home on a quiet street in Hollywood.
  • Police said they had no record of any calls or disturbances at the neatly kept two-story brick and white weatherboard house with red shutters.
  • The sash window faced east, though, and the light bouncing off the weatherboard side of Eva's house kept the room bright till well into the afternoon.
  • That pretty little weatherboard building is today preserved at Old Gippstown, the Gippsland Heritage Park at Moe (rhymes with blowy) near Morwell in Victoria.
  • The windows here belong to the old dining room, which was lined with many books, and the spot where Uncle David stands on the far right is where the old Victorian weatherboard cottage ends and Mum and Dad's several extensions began.
  • Reading this I was immediately transported to the weatherboard house at Metung, where, in the very early morning, perched high in the branches of the enormous ghost gum that overhangs the boat-shed, a pair of extremely competitive kookaburras occasionally woke us up with a loud impromptu performance.

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