Glossary · C
Clapboard
Also called clapboards, clapboarding, weatherboard, weatherboarding
Long, thin boards laid horizontally on a timber frame, each overlapping the one below to shed rain, usually painted; the cladding of the New England house. Called weatherboarding in England.
See also: Shingle
Where it appears in the book
A feature of Georgian and Colonial, Craftsman architecture.
Nearby in the glossary
Chini khana · Chiwen · Choir · Chuandou · Claude glass · Clerestory · Cloister vault · Close studding