weatherboard
weatherboard noun: the windward side of a vessel.
Noun
weatherboard (plural weatherboards)
- The windward side of a vessel.
- A plank placed over an opening to keep out driven water.
- 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
Verb
weatherboard (third-person singular simple present weatherboards, present participle weatherboarding, simple past and past participle weatherboarded)
- To cover with a weatherboard.
Proper noun capitalized: Weatherboard
Weatherboard
weatherboard meaning in Tamil
weatherboard in Tamil
- கப்பலின் காற்றுவரும் பக்கம்
Forms of weatherboard
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | weatherboards |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | weatherboards |
| present participle | weatherboarding |
| past participle | weatherboarded |
| past | weatherboarded |
Origin of weatherboard
From weather + board.
Questions about weatherboard
- What does weatherboard mean?
- Weatherboard means the windward side of a vessel.
- What is weatherboard in Tamil?
- Weatherboard in Tamil is கப்பலின் காற்றுவரும் பக்கம். See Weatherboard meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is weatherboard?
- Weatherboard can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of weatherboard?
- The plural of weatherboard is weatherboards.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: weatherboard (page history and authors); Weatherboard (page history and authors); weatherboard (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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