Explore Sheathing through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like overlay or protection. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Sheathing meaning
Something that wraps around or surrounds something, as a sheath encases its blade.
Synonyms of Sheathing
Using Sheathing
- The main meaning on this page is: Something that wraps around or surrounds something, as a sheath encases its blade.
- Useful related words include: overlay, overlayer, protective covering, protective cover.
- In the example corpus, sheathing often appears in combinations such as: roof sheathing, copper sheathing, sheathing on.
Context around Sheathing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 7 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sheathing
- In this selection, "sheathing" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, roof, copper, wooden, though, material and layers stand out and add context to how "sheathing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include allegedly seen sheathing and unsheathing and and cable sheathing are also. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sheathing" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sheathing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The male suspect was also allegedly seen sheathing and unsheathing a knife. (12 words)
Seeds consist of an endosporic megasporangium surrounded by one or two sheathing layers ( integuments ). (14 words)
A plywood, stitch and glue (S&G) doesn't need fiberglass sheathing though some builders do. (16 words)
He says he is now worried what will happen at his next gig at Renfrew’s Glynhill Hotel on Friday, alongside fellow comic Bruce Morton, who played Scotland’s creepiest undertaker Mr Sheathing in the iconic comedy series Still Game. (40 words)
Fired directly at the roof okay, but no chance a bullet that was simply falling is going to penetrate the shingles or tiles, the tar paper, 5/8" thick roof sheathing, then insulation, then drywall and still look like that. (40 words)
It is used in solder for electronics, although this usage is being phased out by some countries to reduce the amount of environmentally hazardous waste, and in high voltage power cables as sheathing material to prevent water diffusion into insulation. (40 words)
Example sentences (17)
A shipwright reported that the wooden sheathing on its hull was “so much worm eaten” that it had to be taken off and replaced.
He says he is now worried what will happen at his next gig at Renfrew’s Glynhill Hotel on Friday, alongside fellow comic Bruce Morton, who played Scotland’s creepiest undertaker Mr Sheathing in the iconic comedy series Still Game.
The male suspect was also allegedly seen sheathing and unsheathing a knife.
Fired directly at the roof okay, but no chance a bullet that was simply falling is going to penetrate the shingles or tiles, the tar paper, 5/8" thick roof sheathing, then insulation, then drywall and still look like that.
Kopp said there’s a second simple way to protect the roof: Using slightly longer nails to install roof sheathing (such as plywood).
A plywood, stitch and glue (S&G) doesn't need fiberglass sheathing though some builders do.
Composite clippers had the strength of iron spars with wooden hulls, and copper sheathing could be added to prevent the fouling that occurred on iron hulls.
Finally in 1800 he became the first American to successfully roll copper into sheets for use as sheathing on naval vessels.
For the cutting of complex geometries, there are also flexible versions of the linear shaped charge, these with a lead or high-density foam sheathing and a ductile/flexible lining material, which also is often lead.
It is used in solder for electronics, although this usage is being phased out by some countries to reduce the amount of environmentally hazardous waste, and in high voltage power cables as sheathing material to prevent water diffusion into insulation.
Joshua Humphreys' diagonal riders were removed to make room for two iron freshwater tanks, and timbers below the waterline along with the copper sheathing were replaced.
Of the sources of lead for recycling, lead–acid batteries is the most important one; lead pipe, sheet and cable sheathing are also significant sources.
Seeds consist of an endosporic megasporangium surrounded by one or two sheathing layers ( integuments ).
She was overhauled at a cost just under $100,000; however, Rodgers inexplicably failed to clean her copper sheathing, leading him to later declare her a "slow sailer".
The lower leaves are convert in length with long petioles and a membranous ocrea formed of fused, sheathing stipules.
Triaxial cable main Triaxial cable or triax is coaxial cable with a third layer of shielding, insulation and sheathing.
While this method is faster, it does not allow the roof sheathing to be inspected and water damage, often associated with worn shingles, to be repaired.
Common combinations with sheathing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- roof sheathing 3×
- copper sheathing 3×
- sheathing on 2×
- sheathing and 2×
- as sheathing 2×