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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun sheathing has 1 sense

• sheathing(n = noun.artifact) overlay, overlayer - 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; Array
is a kind of protection, protective cover, protective covering
Derived form verb sheathe₁

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

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

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sheathing

Covering

N covering, cover, baldachin, baldachino, baldaquin, canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, tente d'abri, umbrella, parasol, sunshade, veil (shade), shield, roof, ceiling, thatch, tile, pantile, pentile, tiling, slates, slating, leads, barrack, plafond, planchment, tiling, shed, top, lid, covercle, door, operculum, bulkhead, bandage, plaster, lint, wrapping, dossil, finger stall, coverlet, counterpane, sheet, quilt, tarpaulin, blanket, rug, drugget, housing, antimacassar, eiderdown, numdah, pillowcase, pillowslip, linoleum, saddle cloth, blanket cloth, tidy, tilpah, apishamore, integument, tegument, skin, pellicle, fleece, fell, fur, leather, shagreen, hide, pelt, peltry, cordwain, derm, robe, buffalo robe, cuticle, scarfskin, epidermis, clothing, mask, peel, crust, bark, rind, cortex, husk, shell, coat, eggshell, glume, capsule, sheath, sheathing, pod, cod, casing, case, theca, elytron, elytrum, involucrum, wrapping, wrapper, envelope, vesicle, corn husk, corn shuck, dermatology, conchology, testaceology, inunction, incrustation, superimposition, superposition, obduction, scale, veneer, facing, overlay, plate, silver plate, gold plate, copper plate, engobe, ormolu, Sheffield plate, pavement, coating, paint, varnish, plating, barrel plating, anointing, enamel, epitaxial deposition, vapor deposition, ground, whitewash, plaster, spackel, stucco, compo, cerement, ointment, covering, superimposed, overlaid, plated, cutaneous, dermal, cortical, cuticular, tegumentary, skinny, scaly, squamous, covered, imbricated, loricated, armor plated, ironclad, under cover, cowled, cucullate, dermatoid, encuirassed, hooded, squamiferous, tectiform, vaginate.

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