clapboard · noun, verb1
- Middle Dutch · derived fromklapholt“barrel stave”
- Middle Low German · derived fromklappholt
- Middle English · inherited fromclapholt
- English todayclapboard
From Middle English clapholt, partial translation from Middle Low German klappholt or Middle Dutch klapholt (“barrel stave”), from klappen (“to crack”) + holt (“wood”). The part "holt" was later calqued to "board".
clapboard · noun2
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.