Roof"ing, n.
1.
The act of covering with a roof.
2.
The materials of which a roof is composed; materials for a roof.
Gwilt.
3.
Hence, the roof itself; figuratively, shelter.
"Fit
roofing gave."
Southey.
4. Mining
The wedging, as of a horse or car, against the top of an underground passage.
Raymond.
© Webster 1913.