indemnify. 1  to compensate for damage or loss sustained, expense incurred, etc. 2  to guard or secure against anticipated loss; give security against (future damage or liability).
Counter-flashing (or cover flashing, cap flashing) is a term used when there are two parallel pieces of flashing employed together such as on a chimney, where the counter-flashing is built into the chimney and overlaps a replaceable piece of base flashing.
This coping is fully covered by a copper cap flashing. The roof composition flashing extends up the cant strip, over the coping, and part-way down its face, under the copper flashing. The roof side of the copper is cleated to the nailable cant strip.