Definition of sheathing Sheathing

/ʃiˈðɪŋ/ - [sheething] - sheath•ing

We found 10 definitions of sheathing from 6 different sources.

What does sheathing mean?

Noun Plural: sheathings
sheathing - 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
		overlay, overlayer
		protective cover, protective covering, protection the tough natural covering of some organisms

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sheathing (Noun)
Something that wraps around or surrounds something, as a sheath encases its blade.
sheathing (Verb)
Present participle of sheathe.

sheathing (p. pr. & a.)
Inclosing with a sheath; as, the sheathing leaves of grasses; the sheathing stipules of many polygonaceous plants.
sheathing (n.)
That which sheathes.
sheathing (n.)
The casing or covering of a ship's bottom and sides; the materials for such covering; as, copper sheathing.
sheathing (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.

sheathing
doublage, a sort of casing or covering laid on the outside of a ship’s bottom, to protect the planks from the pernicious effects of the worms: particularly in hot climates, as between the tropics.
Sheathing either consists of a number of boards or deals of fir, or of sheets of lead or copper; which last is a very late invention, having been only experienced on a few of his Majesty’s frigates: it seems, however, to answer the purpose much better than the fir-planks. When the sheathing is performed with boards, there is a quantity of hair and tar inserted between the outside of the bottom and the inner surface of the boards.

sheathing
Thin boards formerly placed between the ship's body and the sheets of copper, to protect the planks from the pernicious effects of the worm. Tar and hair, or brown paper dipped in tar and oil, is laid between the sheathing and the bottom. In 1613 a junk of 800 or 1000 tons was seen in Japan all sheeted with iron; and yet it was not attempted in Europe till more than a hundred years afterwards. But by 1783 ships of every class were coppered.