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Topic: BUILDING

Date: 1600-1700
Origin: Part translation of Dutch klaphout, from klappen 'to split' + hout 'wood'

clapboard

 noun
     
clap‧board [uncountable and countable]
TB especially British English a set of boards used to cover the outside of a building, or one of these boards:
clapboard houses
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