Sheathing may refer to:
Engineering and technology
- Copper sheathing, on a wooden ship's hull to protect against fouling and shipworm
- Sheathing as electrical insulation on a wire or cable, see electrical cable
- Sheathing as protection against physical damage, see armoured cable
- Sheathing to reduce heat transfer, see pipe insulation
Construction
- Cladding (construction)
- Rigid panel
- Sheathing wrap or housewrap
- Siding (construction)
Other uses
- Sheathing, the action of putting a bladed weapon into a sheath or scabbard
See also
- Cladding (disambiguation)
- Sheading, a historical division of the Isle of Man
- Sheath (disambiguation)
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