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Webster 1913 Edition
Roofing
Roof′ing
,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
,ppr.
ROOF'ING
,Noun.
Definition 2024
roofing
roofing
English
Noun
roofing (countable and uncountable, plural roofings)
- 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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Translations
material used on the outside of a roof
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Etymology 2
Verb
roofing
- present participle of roof