slab plastering

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coarse plastering, as between the studs in a half-timbered wall.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

Also called slap plastering.

The independent and go-getter spirit started young, with the band plastering posters throughout the Windy City.
OK Go Is Helping Redefine the Music Video For the Internet Age|Lauren Schwartzberg|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In Ferguson, Missouri, the bullet-ridden body of Michael Brown lies on a slab somewhere, and his parents await justice, and mourn.
How We Got to Ferguson—a Reading List|David Masciotra|August 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A museum-like sign on the wall claims this was Escobar's cell and that the circular slab was where he had his rotating, round bed.
Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens|Jeff Campagna|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The only identifiable artifact is a perfectly circular slab of concrete.
Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens|Jeff Campagna|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Just when did parents get so into plastering their kids all over their social networks?
Introducing the Internet’s New Bundle of Joy: The Baby Selfie|Charlotte Lytton|February 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The backs are mostly cut the reverse way of the grain to the present rule, forming what are now termed "slab" backs.
Violins and Violin Makers|Joseph Pearce
We have for the upper table, or front, a thin slab of wood known as pine, from a species of tree that grows all over the world.
Antonio Stradivari|Horace William Petherick
Sometimes the sarcophagus was placed behind a perforated slab of marble, as shown in the following example, given by Maitland.
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow
This Sin Sin Wa disturbed sufficiently to reveal a movable slab in the roughly paved floor.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
Sin Sin Wa followed with the lamp, drawing the slab down into its place behind him.
Dope|Sax Rohmer