sheathing

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: sheath=ing

CIDE DICTIONARY

sheathing, p. pr. & a. 

 Inclosing with a sheath; as, the sheathing leaves of grasses; the sheathing stipules of many polygonaceous plants.  [1913 Webster]

sheathing, n. 

 That which sheathes.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sheathing, n. a protective casing or covering.

THESAURUS

sheathing

beam, billet, blanketing, blocking, blotting out, board, boarding, case, casing, cementwork, clapboard, cloaking, clouding, coating, cord, cordwood, coverage, covering, curtaining, deal, driftwood, eclipse, eclipsing, encasement, enveloping, envelopment, enwrapment, enwrapping, firewood, hardwood, hiding, incrustation, lath, lathing, lathwork, laying on, log, lumber, mantling, masking, obduction, obscuring, occultation, overlaying, overspreading, panelboard, paneling, panelwork, pargeting, plank, planking, plasterwork, plyboard, plywood, pole, post, puncheon, screening, shake, sheath, sheathing board, sheeting, shielding, shingle, shrouding, sideboard, siding, slab, slat, softwood, splat, stave, stick, stick of wood, stovewood, stuccowork, superimposition, superposition, three-by-four, timber, timbering, timberwork, two-by-four, upholstering, upholstery, veiling, weatherboard, wood, wrapping

ROGET THESAURUS

sheathing

Covering

N covering, cover, baldachin, baldachino, baldaquin, canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, tente d'abri, umbrella, parasol, sunshade, veil (shade), shield, roof, ceiling, thatch, tile, pantile, pentile, tiling, slates, slating, leads, barrack, plafond, planchment, tiling, shed, top, lid, covercle, door, operculum, bulkhead, bandage, plaster, lint, wrapping, dossil, finger stall, coverlet, counterpane, sheet, quilt, tarpaulin, blanket, rug, drugget, housing, antimacassar, eiderdown, numdah, pillowcase, pillowslip, linoleum, saddle cloth, blanket cloth, tidy, tilpah, apishamore, integument, tegument, skin, pellicle, fleece, fell, fur, leather, shagreen, hide, pelt, peltry, cordwain, derm, robe, buffalo robe, cuticle, scarfskin, epidermis, clothing, mask, peel, crust, bark, rind, cortex, husk, shell, coat, eggshell, glume, capsule, sheath, sheathing, pod, cod, casing, case, theca, elytron, elytrum, involucrum, wrapping, wrapper, envelope, vesicle, corn husk, corn shuck, dermatology, conchology, testaceology, inunction, incrustation, superimposition, superposition, obduction, scale, veneer, facing, overlay, plate, silver plate, gold plate, copper plate, engobe, ormolu, Sheffield plate, pavement, coating, paint, varnish, plating, barrel plating, anointing, enamel, epitaxial deposition, vapor deposition, ground, whitewash, plaster, spackel, stucco, compo, cerement, ointment, covering, superimposed, overlaid, plated, cutaneous, dermal, cortical, cuticular, tegumentary, skinny, scaly, squamous, covered, imbricated, loricated, armor plated, ironclad, under cover, cowled, cucullate, dermatoid, encuirassed, hooded, squamiferous, tectiform, vaginate.