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Webster 1913 Edition


Roofing

Roof′ing

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Noun.
1.
The act of covering with a roof.
2.
The materials of which a roof is composed; materials for a roof.
Gwilt.
3.
Hence, the roof itself; figuratively, shelter.
“Fit roofing gave.”
Southey.
4.
(Mining)
The wedging, as of a horse or car, against the top of an underground passage.
Raymond.

Webster 1828 Edition


Roofing

ROOF'ING

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ppr.
Covering with a roof.

ROOF'ING

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Noun.
The materials of which a roof is composed; or materials for a roof.

Definition 2024


roofing

roofing

English

Noun

roofing (countable and uncountable, plural roofings)

  1. Material used on the outside of a roof, such as shingles.
    • 2013 May 10, Audrey Garric, “Urban canopies let nature bloom”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 22, page 30:
      As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field.

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Etymology 2

Verb

roofing

  1. present participle of roof

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