- present participle of roof.
roofing
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On Saturday, firefighters were still clearing debris and removing collapsed corrugated metal roofing.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
And some features that had previously been eliminated needed to be returned to the home, including original roofing, porches and even light switches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
I then obtained estimates from three roofing companies.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
Steven Moffett, then 39, was a roofing contractor who had coached at two schools, but he was better known for quarterbacking at the University of Central Florida in the 2000s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
The sparrow’s claws screeched and grated on the roofing slates as the weighted rope pulled her downwards on the steep slope.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
The Germans had repaired bomb damage with their usual nimbleness, had covered vital pipelines and machinery with massive roofings of concrete.
From Time Magazine Archive
The emphasis in U. S. industry has shifted from production to distribution, and a distribution expert should be able to function with equal facility whether he is distributing Montgomery Ward merchandise or Johns-Manville roofings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Up 15% were sales of big makers of asphalt roofing, asbestos roofings and sidings, cement, gypsum products, insulating lines, other building materials.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fireproof roofings and projecting party walls also retard the spreading of conflagrations.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884 by Various
Shelters were built, with panellings and roofings of corrugated iron.
From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 by Louis Creswicke
