SIDING

Sid″ing (?), n. 1. 1. Attaching one's self to a party.
2. 2. A side track, as a railroad; a turnout.
3. 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. 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.