clapboard
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English clapholt, from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch klapholt. The part "holt" was later calqued to "board".
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈklæpˌbɔː(ɹ)d/, /ˈklæbə(ɹ)d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈklæb(ə)ɹd/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æbə(ɹ)d
- Hyphenation: clap‧board
Noun edit
clapboard (countable and uncountable, plural clapboards)
- A narrow board, usually thicker at one edge than the other, used as siding for houses and similar structures of frame construction.
- 2007 September 28, Wendy Moonan, New York Times[1]:
- Its exterior is covered with clapboards stained dark brown.
- (uncountable) Such boards, arranged horizontally and overlapping with thick edge down, collectively, as siding.
- (archaic, UK) An oak board of a size used for barrel staves.
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Verb edit
clapboard (third-person singular simple present clapboards, present participle clapboarding, simple past and past participle clapboarded)
- (transitive) To cover with clapboards.
- to clapboard the sides of a house
See also edit
References edit
- “clapboard”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
clapboard (plural clapboards)
- (film) 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.
Synonyms edit
- (film): clapper board, clapstick, slate, slate board, sync slate, sticks, board, marker
Translations edit
clapperboard — see clapperboard