CLAPBOARDS

Noun

clapboards

plural of clapboard

Source: Wiktionary


CLAPBOARD

Clap"board, n.

1. A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; -- used for weatherboarding the outside of houses. [U. S.]

2. A stave for a cask. [Eng.] Halliwell.

Clap"board, v. t.

Definition: To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a house. [U. S.] Bartlett.

CLAPBOARD

Clap"board, n.

1. A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; -- used for weatherboarding the outside of houses. [U. S.]

2. A stave for a cask. [Eng.] Halliwell.

Clap"board, v. t.

Definition: To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a house. [U. S.] Bartlett.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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