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noun

Weatherboard n.

(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.

(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.

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Etymology of 'Weatherboard'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... Meekin was visiting was long and low, roofed with iron, and terminating at each end in the stone wall of the gaol. At one side rose the cells, at the other the outer wall of the prison. From the outer wall projected a weatherboard under-roof, and beneath this were seated forty heavily-ironed convicts. Two constables, with loaded carbines, walked up and down the clear space in the middle, and another watched from a sort of sentry-box built against the main wall. Every half-hour ...

— For the Term of His Natural Life • Marcus Clarke