Spatterdash

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A cement-based slurry applied to a wall in order to improve adhesion of the render.

    "A spatterdash treatment consisting of a cement:sand slurry may be used over the surface of these bricks to provide a mechanical key for rendering."

  2. 2
    singular of spatterdashes (“type of boots”) form-of, singular
Verb
  1. 1
    To apply spatterdash to. transitive

Synonyms

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spatterdashers

Example

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"A spatterdash treatment consisting of a cement:sand slurry may be used over the surface of these bricks to provide a mechanical key for rendering."

Etymology

From spatter + dash (“to throw violently”), (cement-based slurry): from the technique used to apply spatterdash to a wall.

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