sideboarding

English

Verb

sideboarding

1. present participle and gerund of sideboard

Noun

sideboarding (uncountable)

1. (construction) Outer walls on a building or other structure; cladding; siding.
   • 1857, Frederick Law Olmsted, A Journey Through Texas, page 103:

     We were obliged to leave our horses in a stable, made up of a roof, in which was a loft for the storage of provender, set upon posts, without sideboarding, so that the norther met with no obstruction.

   • 1968, Lewis S. Miner, Industrial Genius Samuel Slater, page 132:

     The new mill was 44 feet long, 30 feet wide and IVz stories high, made on the style of a New England barn with upright sideboarding over horizontal timber.

   • 2009, David C. Fischetti, Structural Investigation of Historic Buildings, page 225:

     By removing the sideboarding and roofing of the Bunker Hill Covered Bridge, the incredibly beautiful framing was revealed.