dry wall

¹

noun

, Building Trades.

1. Also drywall.
   1. an interior wall or partition finished in a dry material, usually in the form of prefabricated sheets or panels nailed to studs, as distinguished from one that is plastered.
   2. a material, as wallboard or plasterboard, used for such a wall.
2. a masonry or stone wall laid up without mortar.

dry-wall

²

[ drahy-wawl ]

verb (used with object)

1. to construct or renovate with dry wall:

   to dry-wall the interior of a house.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or having dry wall.

Other Words From

• drywaller noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of dry wall¹

1770–80, for earlier sense

Origin of dry wall²

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

Again, the dry wall that has fallen becomes saturated, and dissolves itself into soft mud.

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A dry wall needs very little foundation; two thin courses underground are quite enough.

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This is some half a mile from Sker House, and a ragged dry wall makes the parish boundary, severing it from Sker-land.

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Perhaps you neglected something Rhys expected done, of more consequence than a dry wall.'

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Where the plant has found a home on a dry wall, however, it may be a very diminutive affair.

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