Clap"board, v. t. To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a house. [U. S.] Bartlett.
{ Clap"bread` (?), Clap"cake` (?) }, n. Oatmeal cake or bread clapped or beaten till it is thin. [Obs.] Halliwell.
Clape (?), n. (Zo÷l.) A bird; the flicker.
Clap"per (?), n. 1. A person who claps.
2. That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell.
Clapper rail (Zo÷l.), an Americam species of rail (Rallus scepitans).