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Definition of Clapperboard
1. Noun. Photographic equipment used to synchronize sound and motion picture; boards held in front of a movie camera are banged together.
Definition of Clapperboard
1. Noun. (film) A device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used to synchronize picture and sound at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clapperboard
Literary usage of Clapperboard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Italian and English Dictionary with Pronunciation and Brief Etymologies by August Hjalmar Edgren, Giuseppe Bico, John Lawrence Gerig (1901)
"tabe- fied (emaciated); putrid. tabel-la [L. (tabula, table)], F.: table (tabulated
statement, compendium) ; clapperboard (thin board with wooden clapper ..."
2. Hollywood & the Best of Los Angeles Alive!by Robert White, Phyllis White by Robert White, Phyllis White (2002)
"clapperboard or Slate - Two pieces of wood that are slapped together at the
beginning of a shot to precisely synchronize picture and sound. £«'„€* «foe? ..."
3. A Hedonist's Guide to Tallinn by Laurence Shorter (2004)
"Like its surrounding buildings, Poska is a lovely century-old clapperboard house
renovated in the I ..."
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