Definitions for: Siding


[n] a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
[n] material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof



Webster (1913) Definition: Sid"ing, n.
1. Attaching one's self to a party.

2. A side track, as a railroad; a turnout.

3. (Carp.) The covering of the outside wall of a frame house,
whether made of weatherboards, vertical boarding with
cleats, shingles, or the like.

4. (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.

Synonyms: railroad siding, sidetrack

See Also: building material, clapboard, railroad, railroad track, railway, weatherboard, weatherboarding

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