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

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

Be sure to cover the wood roof sheathing with 30-pound tar paper to prevent wood rot, should you not be an expert roofer.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2023

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