Sheathing

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sheathing \Sheath"ing\, p. pr. & a. from {Sheathe}.
     Inclosing with a sheath; as, the sheathing leaves of grasses;
     the sheathing stipules of many polygonaceous plants.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Sheathing \Sheath"ing\, n.
     That which sheathes. Specifically:
     (a) The casing or covering of a ship's bottom and sides; the
         materials for such covering; as, copper sheathing.
     (b) (Arch.) 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.
         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sheathing
       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 [syn: {overlay}, {overlayer}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  89 Moby Thesaurus words for "sheathing":
     beam, billet, blanketing, blocking, blotting out, board, boarding,
     case, casing, cementwork, clapboard, cloaking, clouding, coating,
     cord, cordwood, coverage, covering, curtaining, deal, driftwood,
     eclipse, eclipsing, encasement, enveloping, envelopment,
     enwrapment, enwrapping, firewood, hardwood, hiding, incrustation,
     lath, lathing, lathwork, laying on, log, lumber, mantling, masking,
     obduction, obscuring, occultation, overlaying, overspreading,
     panelboard, paneling, panelwork, pargeting, plank, planking,
     plasterwork, plyboard, plywood, pole, post, puncheon, screening,
     shake, sheath, sheathing board, sheeting, shielding, shingle,
     shrouding, sideboard, siding, slab, slat, softwood, splat, stave,
     stick, stick of wood, stovewood, stuccowork, superimposition,
     superposition, three-by-four, timber, timbering, timberwork,
     two-by-four, upholstering, upholstery, veiling, weatherboard, wood,
     wrapping