(Naut.) (a) That side of a vessel which is toward
the wind; the windward side. (b) A piece of plank placed in a
porthole, or other opening, to keep out water. [1913 Webster]
(a) (Arch.) A board extending from the ridge to
the eaves along the slope of the gable, and forming a close
junction between the shingling of a roof and the side of the
building beneath. (b) A clapboard or feather-edged board used in
weatherboarding. [1913 Webster]
Weather-board \Weath"er-board`\, v. t. (Arch.) To
nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order to exclude
rain, snow, etc. --Gwilt. [1913 Webster]
Word Net
weatherboardNoun
1 a long thin board with one edge thicker than
the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below
[syn: clapboard,
weatherboarding]
Moby Thesaurus
beam, billet, board, boarding, brick, clapboard, cord, cordwood, deal, driftwood, face, firewood, glass, glaze, hardwood, lath, lathing, lathwork, log, lumber, panelboard, paneling, panelwork, paper, plank, planking, plyboard, plywood, pole, post, puncheon, revet, shake, sheathe, sheathing, sheathing board, sheeting, shingle, sideboard, siding, slab, slat, slate, softwood, splat, stave, stick, stick of wood, stone, stovewood, thatch, three-by-four, tile, timber, timbering, timberwork, two-by-four, veneer, wall in, wall up, wallpaper, weather, weather deck, weather helm, weather sheet, weather side, weather tack, weather wheel, windward, windward ebb, windward flood, woodWeatherboarding is the cladding or ‘siding’ of a house consisting of
long thin boards that overlap one another horizontally on the
outside of the wall. They are usually of rectangular section with parallel sides
which have a tongued
and grooved joint arranged to shed water. Less commonly they
can be similar to North American riven clapboards
of triangular or
"feather-edged" section where the upper edge is the thinner
one.
It is requisite, however, that the lower part of
a wall covered with weatherboard remain free of the cladding to
avoid dampness caused by air not circulating the substructure near
ground level. Especially watermills were made of brick
up to the first floor, and in windmills upper storeys were
often timber-framed and only the caps were weatherboarded.
In modern practice, weatherboards may consist of
uPVC boards (Known as Vinyl siding
in the U,S,), or other man-made materials
Weatherboards were often nailed on to existing
timber
framing but modern claddings are more often attached to
load-bearing frames separate from the brick structure
underneath.
Weatherboarding used to most often be tarred or
painted black, sometimes white. In modern weatherboarding these
colours remain common, but timber is commonly finished with a
protective wood stain or
varnish. and uPVC is
produced in a range of colours.
Weatherboard houses may be found in most parts of
the British Isles, and the style may be part of all types of
traditional building, from cottages to windmills, shops to
workshops, as well as many others. It seems, however, it is in caps
of windmills that weatherboarding predominates.
In New Zealand,
weatherboard housing dominates buildings before 1960. Weatherboard,
with a corrugated iron roof was found to be a cost effective
building style. After the big earthquakes of 1855 and 1931 wooden buildings
were perceived as being less vulnerable to damage.