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sarking

sarking noun: wood, felt, or other material placed under the shingles of a roof or behind the outer leaf of a wall in order to provide support or insulation; the practice of furnishing a structure with such material; an installation of such material.

Noun

sarking (usually uncountable, plural sarkings)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, usually) Wood, felt, or other material placed under the shingles of a roof or behind the outer leaf of a wall in order to provide support or insulation; the practice of furnishing a structure with such material; an installation of such material.
    • Much housing work lies within this area, and to avoid high maintenance costs the Department is building many houses with plaster exteriors upon diagonal sarkings.1947, New Zealand House of Representatives, Appendix to the Jounals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand, volume 3, page 18
    • Sarkings are weatherproof membranes laid over rafters and below battens to draught-proof and weatherproof the roof against driving rain or powder snow that may penetrate the tiles or slates.
      Traditional sarkings of reinforced bitumen felt have been largely superseded by lighter, breathable sarkings...1997, Ann Ross, Jonathan Hetreed, Architect′s Pocket Book, 2011, 4th Edition, Elsevier, UK, page 248

Forms of sarking

pluralsarkings

Questions about sarking

What does sarking mean?
Sarking means wood, felt, or other material placed under the shingles of a roof or behind the outer leaf of a wall in order to provide support or insulation; the practice of furnishing a structure with such material; an installation of such material.
What part of speech is sarking?
Sarking is a noun.
What is the plural of sarking?
The plural of sarking is sarkings.

Words near sarking in the dictionary

  1. sarkier
  2. sarkiest
  3. sarkily
  4. sarkin
  5. sarkiness
  6. sarking
  7. sarkings
  8. sarkinite
  9. sarkis
  10. sarkiship
  11. Sarkisian

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