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parget
/ˈpɑɹd͡ʒɪt/
noun 3verb 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
blind, finished, outside, watched
VERB + PARGET
surface
PARGET + NOUN
cherubs
PREP.
from
Definitions
verb
1
To coat with gypsum; to plaster, for example walls, or the interior of flues.
parget the outside of their houses.
the pargeted ceiling with pendants
2
To paint; to cover over.
noun
1
Gypsum.
Blind parget cherubs watched from the high corners.
2
Plaster, as for lining the interior of flues, or for stuccowork.
The surface of the parget might be finished either smooth, with a coat of whitewash, or as rough-cast with sand or small stones.
3
Paint, especially for the face.
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Synonyms
noun — plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys
- pargeting
- pargetting
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
501
parget the outside of their houses.
Wiktionary02
the pargeted ceiling with pendants
Wiktionary03
Closely allied to daubing was pargetting or rough-casting, the chief difference, so far as any real distinction was made in the technical use of the terms, being that in pargetting mortar or a coarse
Wiktionary04
Blind parget cherubs watched from the high corners.
Wiktionary05
The surface of the parget might be finished either smooth, with a coat of whitewash, or as rough-cast with sand or small stones.
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