(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。 ■(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 clapboarded adjective 语源
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'