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weatherboards

weatherboards is the plural of weatherboard.

Meaning of weatherboard

Noun

weatherboard (plural weatherboards)

  1. The windward side of a vessel.
  2. A 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

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Questions about weatherboards

What is weatherboards the plural of?
Weatherboards is the plural of weatherboard.

Words near weatherboards in the dictionary

  1. Weatherbees
  2. weatherboard
  3. weatherboarded
  4. weatherboarding
  5. weatherboardings
  6. weatherboards
  7. weatherbound
  8. Weatherburn
  9. Weatherby
  10. Weatherby brow
  11. Weatherby brows

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