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from The Century Dictionary.

  • To nail boards upon, as a roof or wall, lapping one over another, in order to turn off rain, snow, etc.
  • noun Nautical:
  • noun That side of a ship which is toward the wind; the windward side.
  • noun A piece of plank placed in a ship's port when she is laid up in ordinary, inclined so as to turn off rain without preventing the circulation of air.
  • noun A board used in weather-boarding.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb (Arch.) To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order to exclude rain, snow, etc.

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