flashing
/ˈflaʃɪŋ
/noun
A strip of metal used to stop water penetrating the junction of a roof with another surface: flashings around chimneys [mass noun]: the lead flashing on the roof...
- The trapped water may accumulate to levels higher than the roof flashings, resulting in water leaks.
- Site-built or factory-supplied flashings are used to seal the roofing around the curb.
- It was also used for roof flashings and weights for scales.
Origin
Late 18th century: from the earlier synonym flash (of unknown origin) + -ing1.
Rhymes
- morphinism
- morphinist
- morphinization
- morphinized
- morphinomaniac
- morphinomimetic
- morphiomaniac
- morphism
- morphium
- morpho
- morphodite
- morphoea
- morphogen
- morphogenesis
- morphogenetic
- morphogenetically
- morphogenetic field
- morphogenic
- morphogeny
- morphographemic
- morphographic
- morphographical
- morphography
- morpholexical
- morpholine