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.