What's the difference between weatherboard and weatherboarding?

Weatherboard


Definition:

  • (n.) That side of a vessel which is toward the wind; the windward side.
  • (n.) A piece of plank placed in a porthole, or other opening, to keep out water.
  • (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.
  • (n.) A clapboard or feather-edged board used in weatherboarding.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) That night, on Sara’s advice, I check into the Sawtooth Hotel (doubles from $70 room-only), the kind of weatherboard, pioneer cabin that Mr Muir would have appreciated.
  • (2) The bestselling BoKlok design in Sweden has an exterior of blood-red weatherboard, square white windows and a pitched roof; it wouldn't look out of place in a typical Swedish town.
  • (3) The relationship between dentine lead values and a number of variables (social background, residence in old weatherboard housing, residence on busy roads, pica) describing exposure to sources of lead was analysed.
  • (4) Bargain of the week Four-bed detached, with sweet weatherboarding, great sea views and gardens; needs modernising; £280,000, with Ward & Partners (01227 772272).
  • (5) Instead he returned home, where he worked in the office of prime minister John Gorton – "a good man who got the boot from his own treacherous party" – and published his first solo volume, The Weatherboard Cathedral .

Weatherboarding


Definition:

  • (n.) The covering or siding of a building, formed of boards lapping over one another, to exclude rain, snow, etc.
  • (n.) Boards adapted or intended for such use.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) That night, on Sara’s advice, I check into the Sawtooth Hotel (doubles from $70 room-only), the kind of weatherboard, pioneer cabin that Mr Muir would have appreciated.
  • (2) The bestselling BoKlok design in Sweden has an exterior of blood-red weatherboard, square white windows and a pitched roof; it wouldn't look out of place in a typical Swedish town.
  • (3) The relationship between dentine lead values and a number of variables (social background, residence in old weatherboard housing, residence on busy roads, pica) describing exposure to sources of lead was analysed.
  • (4) Bargain of the week Four-bed detached, with sweet weatherboarding, great sea views and gardens; needs modernising; £280,000, with Ward & Partners (01227 772272).
  • (5) Instead he returned home, where he worked in the office of prime minister John Gorton – "a good man who got the boot from his own treacherous party" – and published his first solo volume, The Weatherboard Cathedral .

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