clapboard.

A narrow board laid horizontally with overlapping edges to cover an exterior wall.

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Words that belong together

• white clapboards
• clapboard siding
• peeling clapboards

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Blue paint flaked from the clapboards beneath the kitchen window.

The carpenter replaced three split clapboards on the north wall.

Its white clapboard exterior looked bright against the dark orchard.

Usage notes

Primary category: architecture. Especially North American; weatherboard is a regional near-equivalent. Not interior wood panelling. Count noun: clapboards; also collective clapboard siding.