clapboard vs weatherboard

clapboard

noun
  • A narrow board, usually thicker at one edge than the other, used as siding for houses and similar structures of frame construction. 

  • A clapper board; a device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used to synchronize picture and sound at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production. 

  • Such boards, arranged horizontally and overlapping with thick edge down, collectively, as siding. 

verb
  • To cover with clapboards. 

weatherboard

noun
  • Any of a series of horizontal boards used to cover the exterior of a timber-framed building; clapboard. 

  • The windward side of a vessel. 

  • A plank placed over an opening to keep out driven water. 

verb
  • To cover with a weatherboard. 

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