cant strip

noun

1

: a beveled strip placed in the angle between a roof and a wall against which the roof abuts so as to avoid a sharp bend in the roofing material

2

: a strip used under the lower edge of the lowest row of tiles on a roof to give this row the same slope as the rows above it

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