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

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  1. n. A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; -- used for weatherboarding the outside of houses.
  2. n. A stave for a cask.
  3. v. t. To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a house.
  4. n. a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below
  5. v. cover with clapboards
  6. 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. To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a house. [U. S.] Bartlett.
  7. To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of ahouse. [U. S.] Bartlett.
  8. n:100 n. a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below v. cover with clapboards