roofing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun material used to construct a roof
  2. noun the craft of a roofer
  3. verb provide a building with a roof; cover a building with a roof
    roof.

WordNet


Roof"ing noun
Definitions
  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) The wedging, as of a horse or car, against the top of an underground passage. Raymond.

Webster 1913