siding
siding is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A side track, as a railroad; a turnout.
- 2.(Carp.) The covering of the outside wall of a frame house, whether made of weatherboards, vertical boarding with cleats, shingles, or the like.
- 3.(Shipbuilding) The thickness of a rib or timber, measured, at right angles with its side, across the curved edge; as, a timber having a siding of ten inches.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is siding.
- What is the covering of the outside wall of a frame house, whether made of weatherboards, vertical boarding with cleats, shingles, or the like called?
- What is the thickness of a rib or timber, measured, at right angles with its side, across the curved edge; as, a timber having a siding of ten inches called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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