weatherboarding
[ weth -er-bawr-ding, -bohr- ]
/ ˈwɛð ərˌbɔr dɪŋ, -ˌboʊr- /
noun
a covering or facing of weatherboards.
weatherboards collectively.
Origin of weatherboarding
First recorded in 1625–35;
weatherboard +
-ing1
Words nearby weatherboarding
weather-resistant,
weather-strip,
weather-wise,
weatherability,
weatherboard,
weatherboarding,
weathercast,
weathercaster,
weathercoat,
weathercock,
weathered
Definition for weatherboarding (2 of 2)
weatherboard
[ weth -er-bawrd, -bohrd ]
/ ˈwɛð ərˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /
noun
verb (used with object)
to cover or furnish with weatherboards.
Example sentences from the Web for weatherboarding
The weatherboarding and the roof should be tight to prevent too free escape of the smoke.
Home Pork Making |A. W. Fulton
British Dictionary definitions for weatherboarding (1 of 2)
weatherboarding
/ (ˈwɛðəˌbɔːdɪŋ) /
noun
an area or covering of weatherboards
weatherboards collectively
British Dictionary definitions for weatherboarding (2 of 2)
weatherboard
/ (ˈwɛðəˌbɔːd) /
noun
a timber board, with a groove (rabbet) along the front of its top edge and along the back of its lower edge, that is fixed horizontally with others to form an exterior cladding on a wall or roof
Compare clapboard
a sloping timber board fixed at the bottom of a door to deflect rain
the windward side of a vessel
Also called: weatherboard house mainly Australian and NZ
a house having walls made entirely of weatherboards