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Definition of Sarking
1. n. Thin boards for sheathing, as above the rafters, and under the shingles or slates, and for similar purposes.
Definition of Sarking
1. Noun. (chiefly Scotland Australia New Zealand) Wood, felt, or other material placed under the shingles of a roof in order to provide support or insulation; or the practice of furnishing roofs with such material ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sarking
1. lining for a roof [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sarking
Literary usage of Sarking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Extracts from the Account Rolls of the Abbey of Durham, from the Original by Durham Cathedral, Joseph Thomas Fowler (1901)
"Sawing, 102, 191, 209*, 2IO, 237, 238, 240, 241, 270, 277, 292, 297, 310, 381,
384, 404, 419, 711 ; of boards, 154, 408, 613 ; of sarking boards and ..."
2. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"Add; " 1 told them of the sarking of the roof, which was as frush as a ...
sarking, adj. Belonging to shirts, S. " Order was given out to search the country ..."
3. Builders' Reliable Estimator and Contractors' Guide: A Complete Guide for by Frederick Thomas Hodgson (1917)
"... half checked white pine sarking in not more than 9" breadths superficial yards
630-0-0 Cutting and fitting sarking at ..."
4. The Court Book of the Barony of Urie in Kincardineshire 1604-1747 by Urie (Barony) Scotland Court, Douglas Gordon Barron (1892)
"... 03 O6 O8 17 April 1623. Ane boll meill, . . . . . . 10 OO OO Ane boll bear, .
. . . . . 10 OO OO Ane eln off sarking ... Ilk elne of sarking ..."
5. Workshop Receipts by Ernest Spon, Robert Haldane, Charles George Warnford Lock (1889)
"... line the inside of the structure with rough sarking boards, filling up the
crevices with sawdust well rammed in courses corresponding to the depth of ..."
6. General Report of the Agricultural State, and Political Circumstances, of by John Sinclair (1814)
"The best sort of timber for the spars and sarking is Dram or Quebec planks.
Paper roofs are best calculated for houses or cottages: as outhouses, ..."
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