weatherboard

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noun

The windward side of a vessel.

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clapboardweatherboardingwindward sideweather side
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Meanings

weatherboard1

nounweatherboard (plural weatherboards)

plural weatherboards

  1. nauticalThe windward side of a vessel.
  2. nauticalA 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.

    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 […]

    1952, Neville Shute, chapter 1, in The Far Country, London: Heinemann
verbweatherboard (third-person singular simple present weatherboards, present participle weatherboarding, simple past and past participle weatherboarded)

present singular third person weatherboards · participle present weatherboarding · participle past weatherboarded · past weatherboarded

  1. transitiveTo cover with a weatherboard.

Weatherboard2

proper noun
  1. A locality in the City of Ballarat, central western Victoria, Australia.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below

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clapboardweatherboarding
Broader
siding

nounthe side toward the wind

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windward sideweather side
Broader
windward
Also see
clapboardweatherweatherboarding

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From weather + board.

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Translations

Bulgarian наветрен борд
  • наветрен борд (navetren bord)nautical: windward side of vessel
Finnish ylähanka, luuvartti
  • ylähankanautical: windward side of vessel
  • luuvarttinautical: windward side of vessel
  • ulkolautaclapboard
German Schindel, verschalen
  • Schindelclapboard
  • verschalenTo cover with a weatherboard
  • abdichtenTo cover with a weatherboard
Irish síonchlár
  • síonchlárclapboard
Māori (papa) koropū
  • (papa) koropūclapboard
Polish burtowa strona dowietrzna, deska sztormowa
  • burtowa strona dowietrznanautical: windward side of vessel
  • deska sztormowanautical: plank placed over an opening
  • szalówkaclapboard
  • szalowaćTo cover with a weatherboard
Cite this entry
APA

weatherboard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weatherboard

MLA

“weatherboard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weatherboard. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weatherboard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weatherboard.

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