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ROOFING
roofing
(noun) the craft of a roofer
roofing
(noun) material used to construct a roof
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
roofing (countable and uncountable, plural roofings)
Material used on the outside of a roof, such as shingles.
A way of travel which consists in clambering over the roofs of skyscrapers.
Etymology 2
Verb
roofing
present participle of roof
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Roof"ing, n.
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)
Definition: The wedging, as of a horse or car, against the top of an underground passage. Raymond.
ROOF
Roof, n. Etym: [OE. rof, AS. hr top, roof; akin to D. roef cabin, Icel. hr a shed under which ships are built or kept; cf. OS. hr roof, Goth. hr. Cf. Roost.]
1. (Arch.)
Definition: The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only, in cases where it has farther covering.
2. That which resembles, or corresponds to, the covering or the ceiling of a house; as, the roof of a cavern; the roof of the mouth. The flowery roof Showered roses, which the morn repaired. Milton.
3. (Mining.)
Definition: The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein. Bell roof, French roof, etc. (Arch.) See under Bell, French, etc.
– Flat roof. (Arch.) (a) A roof actually horizontal and level, as in some Oriental buildings. (b) A roof nearly horizontal, constructed of such material as allows the water to run off freely from a very slight inclination.
– Roof plate. (Arch.) See Plate, n., 10.
Roof, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roofed; p. pr. & vb. n. Roofing.]
1. To cover with a roof. I have not seen the remains of any Roman buildings that have not been roofed with vaults or arches. Addison.
2. To inclose in a house; figuratively, to shelter. Here had we now our country's honor roofed. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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