overlier

English

Noun

overlier (plural overliers)

1. A piece that overlies or overlaps.
   • 1804, Robert Wissett, On the Cultivation and Preparation of Hemp:

     But because this is oftentimes dangerous, and much hurt hath been received thereby through casualty of fire, I advise the sticking four stakes into the earth, at least five feet above the ground, and laying over them small overliers of wood and open flakes or hurdles […]