clapboard

Example Sentences

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Instead, the painting shows the mansion from the side, with a windowless white clapboard cabin at the center.

From Washington Post

Riccardo Hernández’s set design leaves a lot to the imagination — a large black feathered wing is suspended from the ceiling, while an unadorned stage with a cedar clapboard back wall evokes the forest.

From New York Times

It decorates lobster buoys and barn doors, clapboard houses sprayed with sea salt and cabins nestled in pine forests.

From New York Times

The clapboard house is outfitted with items that reflect the era: a chenille bedspread, kerosene lamp, one small dresser.

From New York Times

Another road to Wrightsville passes the spot, five miles from town, where Mr. Walker and six siblings were raised by Willis and Christine Walker in a white clapboard house.

From New York Times