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pargeting

[pahr-ji-ting]
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noun
  1. the act of a person who pargets.
  2. ornamental or fine plasterwork, especially exterior plasterwork bearing designs in low relief.
  3. a lining of mortar or plaster for a chimney flue or the like.
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Also especially British, par·get·ting; parget (for defs 2, 3).

Origin of pargeting

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at parget, -ing1

parget

[pahr-jit]
noun
  1. any of various plasters or roughcasts for covering walls or other surfaces, especially a mortar of lime, hair, and cow dung for lining chimney flues.
  2. gypsum.
  3. pargeting(defs 2, 3).
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verb (used with object), par·get·ed, par·get·ing or (especially British) par·get·ted, par·get·ting.
  1. to cover or decorate with parget or pargeting.
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Origin of parget

1300–50; Middle English < Middle French pargeter, equivalent to par- per- + geter, spelling variant of jeter to throw; see jet1
Related formsun·par·get·ed, adjective
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Historical Examples

  • In the Little Shambles, too, there are many curious details in the high gables, pargeting and oriel windows.

    Yorkshire Painted And Described

    Gordon Home

  • Broken oyster shells are distinguishable in the decorated plasterwork, indicating that the pargeting was done at Jamestown.

British Dictionary definitions for pargeting

parget

noun
  1. Also called: pargeting
    1. plaster, mortar, etc, used to line chimney flues or cover walls
    2. plasterwork that has incised ornamental patterns
  2. another name for gypsum
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verb (tr)
  1. to cover or decorate with parget
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Word Origin

C14: from Old French pargeter to throw over, from par per- + geter, from Medieval Latin jactāre to throw
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