sheathing

Example Sentences

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Some of the crucial work done at Bell Labs might now seem mundane: for example, how to fabricate sheathing so undersea cables wouldn’t be chewed through by Toredo worms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Without proper ventilation, heat and moisture can cause sheathing and rafting to rot, he said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2023

Steven Kirk, above, and Roberto Martinez installed wooden sheathing outside New Moon Natural Foods to prevent further snow damage in Tahoe City.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2023

Flames soon rose into the attic, crowded with rafters and sheathing.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2023

The huge brown eunuch swaggered forward, sheathing his arakh.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin