| Weatherboard 1. (n.) That side of a vessel which is toward the wind; the windward side. 2. (n.) A piece of plank placed in a porthole, or other opening, to keep out water. 3. (n.) 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. 4. (n.) A clapboard or feather-edged board used in weatherboarding. Thesaurus Entries 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, wood |