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Protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior
Answer for the clue "Protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior ", 9 letters:
overlayer
Word definitions for overlayer in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Overlayer \O"ver*lay"er\, n. One who overlays; that with which anything is overlaid.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A layer of adatoms adsorbed onto a surface, as onto the surface of a single crystal.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior [syn: sheathing , overlay ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
An overlayer is a layer of adatoms adsorbed onto a surface, for instance onto the surface of a single crystal .
Usage examples of overlayer.
The satin, covered by a thin, lacy overlayer, was strapless and low-cut and against his will his eyes were drawn to the shadowed swell of creamy flesh revealed above its edge.
Their thick hides were covered with an undercoat of dense soft fur and an overlayer of shaggy, long, reddish brown hair up to twenty inches in length.
Her hair was a shapely platinum helmet and she wore a soft sheath of coral frosted with an overlayer of tulle.
It is my guess that these items are actually made of chaseum which has somehow been overlayer by the image of gold-pressed latinurn.