sheathed

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A black, polished sliding door delivers you into a reception room whose pomp is disciplined by marble piers, dark patinated-bronze framing panels, and—most memorably—walls sheathed in gold mosaic and red marble.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

At its heart was a 12ft tall emblem of the Hindu god Shiva, sheathed in gold encrusted with rubies and pearls.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025

The room is now lighter and brighter, with walls sheathed in rippling beech wood and the stage clad in white oak.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2023

It would replace the crumbling J. Edgar Hoover Building in downtown Washington, which is sheathed in netting to shield passers-by from falling concrete.

From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2023

Prints of watercolor tulip fields are sheathed in plastic.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day