[syn: pargeting, pargetting]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pargeting
n 1: plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys [syn:
parget, pargeting, pargetting]
2: ornamental plasterwork [syn: pargeting, pargetting,
pargetry]
3: ornamental plastering [syn: pargeting, pargetting]