Sheathing

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A layer of boards or of other wood or fiber materials applied to the outer studs, joists, and rafters of a building to strengthen the structure and serve as a base for an exterior weatherproof cladding.
  • n. Nautical An exterior covering on the underwater part of a ship's hull that protects it against marine growths.
  • n. The act of providing sheathing.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Something that wraps around or surrounds something, as a sheath encases its blade.
  • v. Present participle of sheathe.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • Inclosing with a sheath.
  • n. The casing or covering of a ship's bottom and sides; the materials for such covering.
  • n. The first covering of boards on the outside wall of a frame house or on a timber roof; also, the material used for covering; ceiling boards in general.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of one who sheathes.
  • n. That which sheathes, covers, or protects, or may be used for such purpose.
  • n. A protection for the main deck of a whaling-vessel, as pine boards, about one inch in thickness, laid over the deck to prevent it from being cut up by the spades, being burned while trying out oil, etc.
  • Inclosing by or as by a sheath: as, the sheathing base of a leaf; sheathing stipules, etc. See cut under sheath, 2.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    protection    protective cover    protective covering   
    Cross Reference
    sheathing canal   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    covering   
    Verb Stem
    sheath    sheathe   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    breathing    teething   
     
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