sheathing

Entry Definition
(architecture) interior sheathing
s/he covers up or sheathes by hammering (e.g., tacks cloth over window, nails tarpaper over hole in roof)
(architecture) sheathing; tarpaper nailed on using wood strapping
s/he lays floorboards, puts up board sheathing or siding
(canoe) sheathing (lengthwise splint[s] placed between ribs and bark covering)