clapboard
English
Etymology 1
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Noun
clapboard (countable and uncountable, plural clapboards)

a house clad with clapboard
- A narrow board, usually thicker at one edge than the other, used as siding for houses and similar structures of frame construction.
- (uncountable) Such boards, arranged horizontally and overlapping with thick edge down, collectively, as siding.
- (archaic, Britain) An oak board of a size used for barrel staves.
Synonyms
Verb
clapboard (third-person singular simple present clapboards, present participle clapboarding, simple past and past participle clapboarded)
- To cover with clapboards.
- to clapboard the sides of a house
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See also
Clapboard (architecture) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- clapboard at OneLook Dictionary Search
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklæpˌbɔː(ɹ)d/
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun
clapboard (plural clapboards)
- (film) 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.
Synonyms
- (film): clapper board, clapstick, slate, slate board, sync slate, sticks, board, marker
Translations
clapperboard — see clapperboard
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