ˈshreadings, n. pl. Building. ? Obs.
Also 8 (rare) shreedings, 9 shredding.
= furring 3 b.
| 1668 Leybourn Platform for Purchasers 133 Furrings or Shreadings [of a roof]. 1679 Moxon Mech. Exerc. ix. 172 Shreadings,..the lower end of the Principal Rafters markt rr are called Shreadings, or Furrings. 1812 P. Nicholson Mech. Exerc. 88. 1842 Gwilt Archit. Gloss., Shreddings or Furrings. 1850 Parker Gloss. Archit., Furrings, or Shreadings, short pieces attached to the feet of the rafters of a roof, making a small angle outwards and downwards, for the purpose of carrying the eaves beyond the line of the wall. |