Sheathing meaning

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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.
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An exterior covering on the underwater part of a ship's hull that protects it against marine growths.
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The act of providing sheathing.
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The act of one that sheathes.
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Something that sheathes or encases; casing; specif., the inner covering of boards or waterproof material on the roof or outside wall of a frame house.
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Something that wraps around or surrounds something, as a sheath encases its blade.

When the sheathing was on it suddenly looked like a real house: you could see where the outer walls would be even if they still needed the siding and trim added.

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Present participle of sheathe.
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Sentence Examples

  • Sheathing his dagger, he issued a sharp order to the girl.

  • The insulation is again tested, and if no fault is discovered the served core is passed through the sheathing machine, and the iron sheath and the outer covering are laid on.

  • It is a well-ascertained fact that the insulator, gutta-percha, is, when kept under water, practically imperishable, so that it is only the original strength of the sheathing wires and the deterioration allowable in them that have to be considered.

  • or similar undertakings, and to obviate this it is necessary to form the " earth " for the cable a few miles out at sea and make connexion thereto by an insulated return wire, which is enclosed in the same sheathing as the core of the main cable.

  • The leaf has a broadly sheathing base succeeded by a short stalk bearing the pitcher, which represents a much enlarged midrib with a winglike lamina.

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