clapboard
noun
clap·board
ˈkla-bərd 
ˈkla(p)-ˌbȯrd
ˈkla(p)-ˌbȯrd
1
archaic
: a size of board for making staves and wainscoting
2
: a narrow board usually thicker at one edge than the other used for siding
3
ˈklap-ˌbȯrd
: a pair of hinged boards one of which has a slate with data identifying a piece of film and which are banged together in front of a motion-picture camera at the start of a take to facilitate editing
: a pair of hinged boards one of which has a slate with data identifying a piece of film and which are banged together in front of a motion-picture camera at the start of a take to facilitate editing
called also clapper board
clapboard
transitive verb
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Many of the old dogtrot homes and clapboard houses can be found around the state.
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Curtis Varnell The Timepiece, arkansasonline.com, 13 Oct. 2024
In September, Porte Jacquemus visits New York to oversee final renovations to his first American storefront, housed within a clapboard edifice on the corner of Spring and Wooster streets.
—Nathan Heller, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
New York Yankees legend and Fox Sports analyst Derek Jeter is trading in his cleats for a clapboard.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Cambridge, Massachusetts, clapboard home The Affleck boys were raised by their elementary-schoolteacher mom in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
—Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 15 Aug. 2024
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Curtis Varnell The Timepiece, arkansasonline.com, 13 Oct. 2024
In September, Porte Jacquemus visits New York to oversee final renovations to his first American storefront, housed within a clapboard edifice on the corner of Spring and Wooster streets.
—Nathan Heller, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
New York Yankees legend and Fox Sports analyst Derek Jeter is trading in his cleats for a clapboard.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Cambridge, Massachusetts, clapboard home The Affleck boys were raised by their elementary-schoolteacher mom in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
—Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 15 Aug. 2024
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“Clapboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clapboard. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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clapboard
noun
clap·board
ˈklab-ərd
ˈkla(p)-ˌbō(ə)rd
ˈkla(p)-ˌbō(ə)rd
-ˌbȯ(ə)rd
: a narrow board thicker at one edge than at the other used to cover the sides of wooden buildings
clapboard
verb
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