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clap⋅board
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[klab-erd, klap-bawrd, ‑bohrd] 
ərd
–noun
| 1. | Chiefly Northeastern U.S. a long, thin board, thicker along one edge than the other, used in covering the outer walls of buildings, being laid horizontally, the thick edge of each board overlapping the thin edge of the board below it. |
| 2. | British. a size of oak board used for making barrel staves and for wainscoting. |
–adjective
| 3. | of or made of clapboard: a clapboard house. |
clap⋅board
2 [klap-bawrd, -bohrd] –noun Movies.
| a small board with a hinged stick attached that is clapped down at the beginning of the filming of a shot for use later in synchronizing sound and image in the editing of the film. |
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| clap·board (klāb'ərd, klāp'bôrd', -bōrd') n. A long narrow board with one edge thicker than the other, overlapped horizontally to cover the outer walls of frame structures. Also called weatherboard. tr.v. clap·board·ed, clap·board·ing, clap·boards To cover with clapboards. [Partial translation of Dutch klaphout : klappen, to split, crack + Middle Dutch holt, board.] |
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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.Clapboard
Clap"board\, v. t. To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a house. [U. S.] --Bartlett.
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clapboard
c.1520, partial transl. of M.Du. klapholt (borrowed into Eng. 14c.), from klappen "to fit" + L.Ger. holt "wood, board."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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