Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Material, such as boards or shingles, used for surfacing the outside walls of a frame building.
- noun A short section of railroad track connected by switches with a main track.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act. of taking sides; the attaching of one's self to a party; division into sides or parties.
- noun On railroads, a short additional track placed at the side of a main line, and connected at one or both ends with the main lines of rails by means of Switches or points.
- noun The covering or boarding of the sides of a frame building, or the material used for that purpose, as weather-boards, or boards or shingles otherwise prepared.
- noun The dressing of timbers to their correct breadth, as in shipbuilding; also, the timbers so dressed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Attaching one's self to a party.
- noun A side track, as a railroad; a turnout.
- noun (Carp.) The covering of the outside wall of a frame house, whether made of weatherboards, vertical boarding with cleats, shingles, or the like.
- noun (Shipbuilding) The thickness of a rib or timber, measured, at right angles with its side, across the curved edge.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A building
material which covers and protects thesides of ahouse or otherbuilding (calledcladding in the UK). - noun rail transport A second, relatively short length of
track just to the side of arailroad track, joined to the main track byswitches at one or both ends, used either for unloadingfreight , or to allow two trains on a same track tomeet (opposite directions) orpass (same direction). - verb Present participle of
side .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
- noun material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof
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Examples
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So, as I see it, the siding is the only reclaimed material on this.
Beautiful Garden Studio Built from Reclaimed Fence | Inhabitat 2009
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What kind of siding is that in pictures 3-5? oakling Says:
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The other attempt which must have been dreadful, he and a friend, escaped from the compound and waited near a train siding, clambered under the train and suspended themselves under the carriage/truck between the wheels, clinging on for a long time the train finally stopped at where they believed should have been Switzerland, to find it had shunted onto another line and had rerouted back into Austria.
Ron Cridge 2010
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In some homes, the outer siding is not made from pallets but from wood from certified sustainable forests.
Good Things in Small Packages William Boston 2010
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Vertical cedar board siding is time tested exterior finish and can be painted any color or left raw to reflect rustic charm.
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For the rest of us, WildSide siding is perfect for shooting houses, sheds, cabins, and duck shacks.
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No one said it's an "architectural marvel" - It's a great house, excellent bones and underneath the siding is something that will benefit the entire street.
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At least McCotter is staying consistent with the GOP line in siding with big business.
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Hillary on gas tax: I don't beleive in siding with the opinons of educated economists that know what they're talking about ..
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Those things make the house seem bigger than it truly is, and of course, the house siding is blue.
dailyword commented on the word siding
Jim and Artie's train often stops at this whenever they get to their next assignment.
October 10, 2012