sheathing

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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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2023

Air infiltration can vary wildly, but modern construction methods, where a tape is applied over the seams of the exterior sheathing as well as around all windows and doors, keeps it to a minimum.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2023

Nicholson & Galloway, an exterior restoration contractor experienced with historical domes, repaired cracks in tiles, patched concrete, then layered on new protective materials: a hand-troweled vapor barrier, spray foam insulation, stainless-steel framing, plywood sheathing.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2022

When they came upon the iron bars and the distinctive copper sheathing that was also mentioned in the documents they had studied, they knew they had found the São José.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler