Clapboard vs. Shiplap

Clapboardnoun

A narrow board, usually thicker at one edge than the other, used as siding for houses and similar structures of frame construction.

Clapboardnoun

(uncountable) Such boards, arranged horizontally and overlapping with thick edge down, collectively, as siding.

Clapboardnoun

An oak board of a size used for barrel staves.

Clapboardnoun

(film) A clapper board; a device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used to synchronize picture and sound at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production.

Clapboardverb

To cover with clapboards.

Clapboardnoun

A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; - used for weatherboarding the outside of houses.

Clapboardnoun

A stave for a cask.

Clapboardverb

To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a house.

Clapboardnoun

a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below

Clapboardverb

cover with clapboards

Clapboardnoun

a long, thin, flat piece of wood with edges horizontally overlapping in series, used to cover the outer walls of buildings

Clapboardnoun

a house with outer walls covered in clapboards.

Shiplapnoun

A type of wooden board that has rabbets to allow them to be overlapped.

Shiplapverb

fit (boards) together so that each overlaps the one below

Shiplapnoun

boards which have been shiplapped, typically used for cladding

Shiplapnoun

a joint between boards made by halving

Shiplap

Shiplap is a type of wooden board used commonly as exterior siding in the construction of residences, barns, sheds, and outbuildings.