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Ashlering
noun · 78% connection
The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets. See Ashlar, 2.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, boards, sheathing, rafters, shingles.
Bargecourse
noun · 78% connection
A part of the tiling which projects beyond the principal rafters, in buildings where there is a gable.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, boards, sheathing, rafters, shingles.
Blade
noun · 78% connection
The principal rafters of a roof.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, boards, sheathing, rafters, shingles.
Boarding
noun · 78% connection
The act of covering with boards; also, boards, collectively; or a covering made of boards.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, boards, sheathing, rafters, shingles.
Boottopping
noun · 78% connection
Sheathing a vessel with planking over felt.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, boards, sheathing, rafters, shingles.
Broadleaf
noun · 78% connection
A tree (Terminalia latifolia) of Jamaica, the wood of which is used for boards, scantling, shingles, etc; -- sometimes called the almo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, boards, sheathing, rafters, shingles.
Canna
noun · 78% connection
any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, boards, sheathing, rafters, shingles.
Casing
noun · 78% connection
The act or process of inclosing in, or covering with, a case or thin substance, as plaster, boards, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, boards, sheathing, rafters, shingles.
Ceil
verb · 78% connection
To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or the like.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, boards, sheathing, rafters, shingles.
Ceiling
verb · 78% connection
The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, boards, sheathing, rafters, shingles.
Facing
noun · 78% connection
A covering in front, for ornament or other purpose; an exterior covering or sheathing; as, the facing of an earthen slope, sea wall, e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, boards, sheathing, rafters, shingles.
Firms
adjective · 78% connection
The principal rafters of a roof, especially a pair of rafters taken together.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, boards, sheathing, rafters, shingles.
Flashing
noun · 78% connection
Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge of the gutters or to cover the edge of the roofing; also,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, boards, sheathing, rafters, shingles.
Gauge
noun · 78% connection
That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tile…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, boards, sheathing, rafters, shingles.
Header
noun · 78% connection
a framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, stud…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, boards, sheathing, rafters, shingles.
Isologous
adjective · 78% connection
Having similar proportions, similar relations, or similar differences of composition; -- said specifically of groups or series which d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, boards, sheathing, rafters, shingles.
Lamella
noun · 78% connection
a thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, boards, sheathing, rafters, shingles.
Lath
noun · 78% connection
A thin, narrow strip of wood, nailed to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting the tiles, pla…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thin, boards, sheathing, rafters, shingles.
