plastering

[ plas-ter-ing, plah-ster- ]

noun
  1. the process of working with plaster.

  2. a coating of plaster.

  1. a decisive defeat; drubbing.

Origin of plastering

1
1375–1425; late Middle English (gerund). See plaster, -ing1

Words Nearby plastering

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How to use plastering in a sentence

  • The birds reduce the orifice of the cavity to a very small size by plastering up the greater part of it with mud.

  • During that day, I employed myself in tempering the clay for chinking the walls and plastering the chimney.

    The Desert Home | Mayne Reid

British Dictionary definitions for plastering

plastering

/ (ˈplɑːstərɪŋ) /


noun
  1. a coating or layer of plaster

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