clapboard
noun /ˈklæp.bɔːd/
/-bɔːrd/ Definition
› [U] US a series of boards fixed horizontally to the outside of a building, with each board partly covering the one below, to protect the building from the weather: The town of Rockport is full of rows of white clapboard houses.Walls and parts of wallsBuilding materials › [C] US for clapperboardCinema - general words
(Definition of clapboard noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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