Definition of flashing
- p. pr. & vb. n. - of Flash
- n. - The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting
in of a body of water; -- called also flushing.
- n. - Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as
to lap over the edge of the gutters or to cover the edge of the
roofing; also, similar pieces used to cover the valleys of roofs of
slate, shingles, or the like. By extension, the metal covering of
ridges and hips of roofs; also, in the United States, the protecting of
angles and breaks in walls of frame houses with waterproof material,
tarred paper, or the like. Cf. Filleting.
- n. - The reheating of an article at the furnace aperture
during manufacture to restore its plastic condition; esp., the
reheating of a globe of crown glass to allow it to assume a flat shape
as it is rotated.
- n. - A mode of covering transparent white glass with a film of
colored glass.