weatherboard
Noun

weatherboard (plural weatherboards)

  1. (nautical) The windward side of a vessel.
  2. (nautical) A plank placed over an opening to keep out driven water.
  3. Any of a series of horizontal boards used to cover the exterior of a timber-framed building; clapboard.
    • 1952, Neville Shute, The Far Country (novel), London: Heinemann, Chapter One,
      The homestead lies half a mile from the road, a small bungalow built of weatherboard with an iron roof and with verandas on three sides […]
Verb

weatherboard (weatherboards, present participle weatherboarding; past and past participle weatherboarded)

  1. (transitive) To cover with a weatherboard.



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