'Sheathing' definitions:
Definition of 'sheathing'
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Definition of 'Sheathing'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Sheathing'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'sheathing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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