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Parget

//ˈpɑɹd͡ʒɪt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Gypsum. countable, uncountable

    "Blind parget cherubs watched from the high corners."

  2. 2
    plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    Paint, especially for the face. countable, obsolete, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To coat with gypsum; to plaster, for example walls, or the interior of flues.

    "parget the outside of their houses."

  2. 2
    apply ornamental plaster to wordnet
  3. 3
    To paint; to cover over. obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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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