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Definition of Soakers
1. soaker [n] - See also: soaker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soakers
Literary usage of Soakers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles and Practice of Plumbing by Samuel Stevens Hellyer (1891)
"Step-Flashings, Secret Gutters, and soakers. 1. FOR keeping out the rain on the
sides of sloping roofs, where the slates or tiles butt against brick walls, ..."
2. Principles and Practice of Plumbing by Samuel Stevens Hellyer (1891)
"Step-Flashings, Secret Gutters, and soakers. 1. FOR keeping out the rain on the
sides of sloping roofs, where the slates or tiles butt against brick walls, ..."
3. Domestic Sanitary Engineering and Plumbing by Frank W. Raynes (1920)
"... General flashings 4 to 7 ,, „ „ Under flashings or soakers . . . 3 to 5 ,, ,, ,,
Hip soakers 2 to 3 ..."
4. The Encyclopædia of Municipal and Sanitary Engineering: A Handy Working by William Henry Maxwell (1910)
"It is not necessary to use lead soakers of a heavier substance than 4 Ibs. ...
The upstand of soakers should be covered with a hanging or cover flashing. ..."
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