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/ˈklæpˌbɔːd/ · noun
A narrow board, usually thicker at one edge than the other, used as siding for houses and similar structures of frame construction..
Its exterior is covered with clapboards stained dark brown.
As the train wound along the river valleys through western Pennsylvania the scenery grew more rugged and the painted houses of Lancaster County gave way to dirty clapboard dwellings and shack homes clinging to the mountainside.
to clapboard the sides of a house
Use clapboard when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Clapboard means A narrow board, usually thicker at one edge than the other, used as siding for houses and similar structures of frame construction..
Common synonyms include weatherboard, clapperboard, clapstick, slate.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Its exterior is covered with clapboards stained dark brown.
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