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A clapper board; a device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used to synchronize picture and sound at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production
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A narrow board, usually thicker at one edge than the other, used as siding for houses and similar structures of frame construction
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An oak board of a size used for barrel staves
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{n} a narrow board used to cover buildings
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To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a house
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A stave for a cask
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Horizontal planks used as protective siding for buildings, particularly houses in North America
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A clapboard building has walls which are covered with long narrow pieces of wood, usually painted white
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Overlapping horizontal boards protecting the outside of the house
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A horizontal siding (board) of varying widths originally fabricated in wood It is fabricated and installed so the board above easily overlaps or appears to overlap the board underneath
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A clapperboard (used in film production)
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Such boards, arranged horizontally and overlapping with thick edge down, collectively, as siding
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a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below
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Strips of wood nailed on the exterior of walls to overlap and shed water Early ones are hand-shaped, later ones are sawn
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Overlapping horizontal boards that cover the timber-framed wall of a house
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cover with clapboards
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A clapboard is the same as a clapperboard. a set of boards used to cover the outside of a building, or one of these boards (Part translation of klaphout, from klappen + hout ). Narrow board tapered toward one edge, used as siding to cover the exterior of a framed building. Clapboards are attached horizontally, each overlapping the next one down. Cleft oak clapboard was introduced to New England in the 17th century; later materials included pine, cypress, and cedar
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Clapboard is rectangular planking applied horizontally and overlapped Clapboard will not look as smooth as rectangular planking applied vertically However, it can be given a smoother look if the edges of the plank are beveled or tapered
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Tapered horizontal boards used as siding, thickest on their bottom edge; each overlaps the one below Also know as weatherboard or siding
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A board that is thin on one edge and thicker on the other The boards are installed overlapping to form a weatherproof, exterior wall surface (See Siding)
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A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; used for weatherboarding the outside of houses
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A style of siding designed as a thin narrow board that is thicker at one edge than the other
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{i} narrow wooden board used to cover the outer walls of buildings
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Wood siding composed of horizontal, overlapping boards, the lower edges of which are usually thicker than the upper
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