Roofing
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Description
Any material used to to cover roofs. Examples of roofing materials include: clay tile, Asbestos shingle, Asphalt shingle, Slate, Wood, Sheet metal, Terne metal, Tar paper, and Thatch.
Sources Checked for Data in Record
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998
- Encyclopedia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com Comment: "Roof." Encyclopædia Britannica. 7 Sept. 2004 .
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000