(also clapboard especially in AmE) noun
one of a series of long, narrow, horizontal pieces of wood, each with one edge thicker than the other. They are fixed to the outside walls of a house with the bottom of one over the top of the one below, to cover the wall and protect it from rain and wind:
a weatherboard house
weatherboarded adjective
weatherboarding noun [U]:
the news will be followed by the weather forecast for tomorrow.
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