roofing

From roof + -ing ("material, collection").

roofing (countable and uncountable , plural roofings )

1. Material used on the outside of a roof, such as shingles.
   • 2013 May 10, Audrey Garric, "Urban canopies let nature bloom", in The Guardian Weekly ‎^[1] , volume 188, number 22, page 30:

     As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field.

2. The process of constructing a roof or roofs.
3. A way of travel which consists in clambering over the roofs of skyscrapers.

roofing

1. present participle and gerund of roof

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