plural clapboards
chiefly US
1
: a narrow board that is thicker at one edge than at the other and that is used to cover the outsides of buildings
called also (British) weatherboard
2
: a set of narrow boards covering the outside of a building
the house's decaying clapboard
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“Clapboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/clapboard. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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