sheathing
Meaning of sheathing
verb
- To put (something such as a knife or sword) into a sheath.
- To encase (something) with a protective covering.
- Of an animal: to draw back or retract (a body part) into the body, such as claws into a paw.
- To thrust (a sharp object like a sword, a claw, or a tusk) into something.
- To abandon or cease (animosity, etc.)
- To provide (a sword, etc.) with a sheath.
- To relieve the harsh or painful effect of (a drug, a poison, etc.).
- Something that wraps around or surrounds something, as a sheath encases its blade.
When the sheathing was on it suddenly looked like a real house: you could see where the outer walls would be even if they still needed the siding and trim added.
Information about sheathing
- The plural form of sheathing is: sheathings.
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Hyphenation of sheathing
sheath-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- sheathing is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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Words that rhyme with sheathing
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