clapboard
/ˈkl æpbɔːd/noun
1- chiefly N. Amer. a long, thin, flat piece of wood with edges horizontally overlapping in series, used to cover the outer walls of buildings〈主北美〉（覆盖外墙的）楔形护墙板：
as modifier neat clapboard houses.几幢整齐安有楔形护墙板的房子。
1.1
- informal a house with outer walls covered in such pieces of wood〈非正式〉用楔形护墙板覆盖外墙的房子。
派生词
clapboarded
adjective词源
early 16th cent. (denoting a piece of oak used for barrel staves or wainscot)： partial translation of Low German klappholt 'barrel stave', from klappen 'to crack'+ holt 'wood'.