Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Thin boards for lining, etc.; specifically, the boarding on which slates are laid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Carp.) Thin boards for sheathing, as above the rafters, and under the shingles or slates, and for similar purposes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Australia, New Zealand, architecture Wood, felt, or other material placed under the
shingles of aroof in order to providesupport orinsulation ; the practice of furnishing roofs with such material; an installation of such material.
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Examples
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Underlay or sarking should not be necessary and will hinder ventilation.
Chapter 2 1997
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During some alterations which were made to it in 1798, a richly inlaid but wasted dagger was found stuck in the sarking of the roof, supposedly by the murderers of Rizzio on their escape from the palace.
From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor
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The building was roofed with teak timber, with a sarking of lighter wood as a lining to form a contrast, and then covered with slates imported from England.
Prisoners Their Own Warders A Record of the Convict Prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements Established 1825 W. D. Bayliss 1869
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As I have often explained previously in this column, once the roof has been tiled or slated, sarking felt serves no further useful purpose.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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If you stick your head through the loft hatch on one of these cold nights, I'll bet you will see condensation running down the underside of the sarking felt or roof slates.
Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009
bilby commented on the word sarking
In Scotland, a layer of cladding placed over the rafters of a roof and under the tiles.
December 28, 2007