step flashing

noun

Individual pieces of sheet metal material used to flash walls, around chimneys, dormers and such projections along the slope of a roof. Individual pieces are overlapped and stepped up the vertical wall.

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Meanings

nounstep flashing (usually uncountable, plural step flashings)

plural step flashings

  1. uncountableusuallybusinessIndividual pieces of sheet metal material used to flash walls, around chimneys, dormers and such projections along the slope of a roof. Individual pieces are overlapped and stepped up the vertical wall.
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APA

step flashing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/step%20flashing

MLA

“step flashing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/step%20flashing. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “step flashing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/step%20flashing.

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