Sheathing

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Sheathing may refer to:

Construction

• Exterior sheathing, a board or panel material installed over the exterior frame of a structure
• Floor sheathing, a board or panel material installed over the floor frame of a structure
• Housewrap, typically installed over the exterior sheathing of a wall
• Siding (construction), the outermost layer of a wall
• Rigid panel, a form of insulation that can be installed over or under housewrap
• Cladding (construction)

Engineering and technology

• Copper sheathing, on a wooden ship's hull to protect against fouling and shipworm
• Sheathing as electrical insulation on a wire or cable, see electrical cable
• Sheathing as protection against physical damage, see armoured cable
• Sheathing to reduce heat transfer, see pipe insulation

Other uses

• Sheathing, the action of putting a bladed weapon into a sheath or scabbard

See also

• Cladding (disambiguation)
• Sheading, a historical division of the Isle of Man
• Sheath (disambiguation)

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