clapboardnoun
uk/ˈklæp.bɔːd/us/ˈklæp.bɔːrd/[ U ] US a series of boards fixed horizontally to the outside of a building, with each board partly covering the one below, to protect the building from the weather:
The town of Rockport is full of rows of white clapboard houses.
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