clapboard.
A narrow board, usually thicker at one edge than the other, used as siding for houses and similar structures of frame construction.
Meaning & usage
A narrow board, usually thicker at one edge than the other, used as siding for houses and similar structures of frame construction.
Such boards, arranged horizontally and overlapping with thick edge down, collectively, as siding.
An oak board of a size used for barrel staves.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English clapholt, partial translation from Middle Low German klappholt or Middle Dutch klapholt (“barrel stave”), from klappen (“to crack”) + holt (“wood”). The part "holt" was later calqued to "board".
To cover with clapboards.
to clapboard the sides of a house
Where this word comes from
From Middle English clapholt, partial translation from Middle Low German klappholt or Middle Dutch klapholt (“barrel stave”), from klappen (“to crack”) + holt (“wood”). The part "holt" was later calqued to "board".
A clapperboard; 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.
Where this word comes from
From clap + board.
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