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CLAPBOARD SIDING [4 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

clapboard siding : an item in the "Building Components" class of the "Built Environment Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

bardage à clin : objet de la classe «Composants du bâtiment» de la catégorie «Éléments du bâtiment».

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Exterior Covering Materials
DEF

Weather-boarding, from 3 to 11 in. wide, 5/8 in. Thick on the lower edge, 1/4 thick along the upper edge (which is covered by the lower edge of the board above). It is feather-edged....

OBS

The term’s synonym "clapboard" is most often used as a mass noun.

OBS

Weather-boarding. An external cladding consisting of horizontal boards nailed to the outside of the building, each overlapping the one beneath, with or without a rebate in the upper board to receive the lower one. Clapboard has no such rebate;...

Key term(s)
  • clapboard bevel siding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Revêtements extérieurs
DEF

Bardage réalisé avec des planches placées en rangées horizontales, celles d'une rangée recouvrant en partie celle de la rangée immédiatement inférieure.

OBS

Clin - Dosse de bois ou planche utilisée en bardage mural horizontal, chaque clin recouvrant le clin inférieur pour assurer l'étanchéité contre les pluies battantes; on utilise aussi, de plus en plus, des clins métalliques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Revestimientos para exteriores
DEF

Tablas usadas para cubrir los costados de edificios, que se colocan sobreponiendo el borde inferior de una tabla sobre el borde superior de la tabla inferior siguiente.

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Record 3 1999-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Exterior Covering Materials
CONT

There are two general types of wood siding: bevel siding ... and drop or novelty siding, which ... is installed against the sheathing.

OBS

Normally "siding" is used when the reference is clear from the context. There are other types of wood siding as well.

OBS

for "weatherboard" :"Weatherboard" and "weatherboarding" have been mentioned as synonyms of "(wood) siding" in some works and of "bevel siding" in others. Both terms refer to the horizontal-board type of wood siding. SCOBU mentions that weatherboards "generally overlap each other, either with or without a rebate.... Clapboard is not rebated".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Revêtements extérieurs
CONT

Parement en bois (...). Utiliser cette section pour prescrire un parement en panneaux de contreplaqué, panneaux de fibres de bois dur et en planches de bois de charpente.

OBS

Les termes "planche de couverture extérieure" et "lambris extérieurs", relevés sur des fiches provisoires, n'ont pas été retenus comme synonymes, parce qu'ils n'ont pas pu être vérifiés dans des sources écrites au cours des recherches.

Key term(s)
  • planche de couverture extérieure
  • lambris extérieurs
  • bardage en bois

Spanish

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Record 4 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Materials

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de construction

Spanish

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