Definitions for clapboard
ˈklæb ərd, ˈklæpˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrdclap·board

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. clapboard, weatherboard, weatherboardingverb

   a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below

2. clapboardverb

   cover with clapboards

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. clapboardnoun

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

2. clapboardnoun

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

3. clapboard

   An oak board of a size used for barrel staves.

4. clapboardverb

   To cover with clapboards.

5. clapboardnoun

   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.

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1. Clapboard

   Clapboard (), also called bevel siding, lap siding, and weatherboard, with regional variation in the definition of these terms, is wooden siding of a building in the form of horizontal boards, often overlapping. Clapboard in modern American usage is a word for long, thin boards used to cover walls and (formerly) roofs of buildings. Historically, it has also been called clawboard and cloboard. In the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, the term weatherboard is always used.An older meaning of "clapboard" is small split pieces of oak imported from Germany for use as barrel staves, and the name is a partial translation (from klappen, "to fit") of Middle Dutch klapholt and related to German Klappholz.

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1. clapboard

   Clapboard is a type of siding or wall covering, often used in building construction, which consists of long boards that are thinly layered and whose lower edge is thicker than the upper. These layered boards are installed horizontally with the thin edge overlapping the thick edge, helping to shed water. The term is also used in the film industry to refer to a device with a hinged stick attached that is clapped to signal the start of a scene.

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1. Clapboardnoun

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

2. Clapboardnoun

   a stave for a cask

3. Clapboardverb

   to cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a house

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1. Clapboard

   Clapboard, also known as bevel siding or lap siding or weatherboard, is the cladding or ‘siding’ of a house consisting of long thin wooden boards that overlap one another horizontally on the outside of the wall. They were originally riven in triangular or "feather-edged" section, attached thin side up and overlapped thick over thin. Clapboard siding got its name from the Dutch klappen, meaning "to split". It was originally split by hand from logs in a radial manner. Later, the boards were radially sawn in a mill. Clapboards can be cut from trees two different ways: flat-grain boards or vertical-grain boards. Flat-grain boards are to be cut tangent to the annual growth rings of the tree, and vertical-grain boards are to be quartersawn or cut at right angles of the annual growth rings of the lumber. The more commonly used boards in New England are vertical-grain boards. Depending on the diameter of the log, cuts are made from 4 1/2" to 6 1/2" deep the full length of the log. Each time the log turns for the next cut, it is rotated 5/8" until it is rotated a full 360 degrees. This gives the clapboard its taper and true vertical grain.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of clapboard in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of clapboard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=clapboard
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Clapboard
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clapboard
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clapboard
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=clapboard