Siding : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Siding	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Siding
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
siding n a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass Synonym(s): siding, railroad siding, turnout, sidetrack material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Side \Side\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sided}; p. pr.& vb. n. {Siding}.] 1. To lean on one side. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. To embrace the opinions of one party, or engage in its interest, in opposition to another party; to take sides; as, to side with the ministerial party. All side in parties, and begin the attack. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Siding \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.