Parget
//ˈpɑɹd͡ʒɪt// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Gypsum. countable, uncountable
"Blind parget cherubs watched from the high corners."
- 2 plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys wordnet
- 3 Plaster, as for lining the interior of flues, or for stuccowork. countable, uncountable
"The surface of the parget might be finished either smooth, with a coat of whitewash, or as rough-cast with sand or small stones."
- 4 Paint, especially for the face. countable, obsolete, uncountable
Verb
- 1 To coat with gypsum; to plaster, for example walls, or the interior of flues.
"parget the outside of their houses."
- 2 apply ornamental plaster to wordnet
- 3 To paint; to cover over. obsolete
Example
More examples"parget the outside of their houses."
Etymology
From Middle English pargetten, from Old French pargeter, parjeter (“to throw about”), from par- (intensive prefix) (from Latin per-) + jeter (“to throw”) (from Latin iactō, frequentative of iaciō). The noun is derived from the verb.
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