laitance

[ leyt-ns ]

noun
  1. a milky deposit on the surface of new cement or concrete, usually caused by too much water.

Origin of laitance

1
1905–10; special use of French laitance milt, equivalent to lait milk (<Latin lact-, stem of lac) + -ance-ance

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