Wiktionary
starter strip
n. (context roofing English) Roll roofing or shingle strips applied along the downslope eave line before the first course of roofing and intended to fill spaces between cutout and joints of the first course.
Usage examples of "starter strip".
He is so enfeebled from the long hours of neurochemical manipulation, he barely has the strength to 'pull the starter strip on the nutripatches.