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Definition of Siding
1. Noun. A short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass.
Generic synonyms: Railroad, Railroad Track, Railway
2. Noun. Material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof.
Definition of Siding
1. n. Attaching one's self to a party.
Definition of Siding
1. Noun. A building material which covers and protects the sides of a house or other building (called cladding in the UK). ¹
2. Noun. (rail transport) A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for unloading freight, or to allow two trains on a same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction). ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of side) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Siding
1. material used for surfacing a frame building [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Siding
Literary usage of Siding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Norfolk and Western Railroad Company (1890)
"siding Houston Coal and Coke Company siding . Turkey Gap siding Elkhorn Coal and
... Pocahontas Brick Company Mill Creek Passing siding Mill Creek Junction ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1906)
"fendant of constructing the siding, the grading being done and cross-ties furnished
by the lumber company (as offered), would be about $200, ..."
3. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"The harder pines are too brittle for beveled siding, as they split in nailing.
... siding is often nailed directly to the studs, the sheathing or boarding, ..."
4. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"Clapboard or siding.—siding is usually of two kinds—beveled and drop siding ...
Drop siding is often molded as shown. As beveled siding is cut with a saw ..."
5. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"Clapboard or siding.—siding is usually of two kinds—beveled and drop siding ...
Drop siding is often molded as shown. As beveled siding is cut with a saw ..."
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