Pargeting

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pargeting \Par"get*ing\, n. [Written also pargetting.]
     Plasterwork; esp.:
     (a) A kind of decorative plasterwork in raised ornamental
         figures, formerly used for the internal and external
         decoration of houses.
     (b) (In modern architecture), the plastering of the inside of


         flues, intended to give a smooth surface and help the
         draught.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Parget \Par"get\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pargeted}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Pargeting}.] [OE. pargeten, also spargeten, sparchen; of
     uncertain origin.]
     1. To coat with parget; to plaster, as walls, or the interior
        of flues; as, to parget the outside of their houses. --Sir
        T. Herbert.
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              The pargeted ceiling with pendants.   --R. L.
                                                    Stevenson.
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     2. To paint; to cover over. [Obs.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pargeting
       n 1: plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys [syn: {parget},
             {pargetting}]
       2: ornamental plasterwork [syn: {pargetting}, {pargetry}]
       3: ornamental plastering [syn: {pargetting}]