Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of sideboard
- uncountablebusinessOuter walls on a building or other structure; cladding; siding.
By removing the sideboarding and roofing of the Bunker Hill Covered Bridge, the incredibly beautiful framing was revealed.
2009, David C. Fischetti, Structural Investigation of Historic Buildings, page 2252 more examples
We were obliged to leave our horses in a stable, made up of a roof, in which was a loft for the storage of provender, set upon posts, without sideboarding, so that the norther met with no obstruction.
1857, Frederick Law Olmsted, A Journey Through Texas, page 103The new mill was 44 feet long, 30 feet wide and IVz stories high, made on the style of a New England barn with upright sideboarding over horizontal timber.
1968, Lewis S. Miner, Industrial Genius Samuel Slater, page 132
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