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Meaning of parget | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
/ˈpɑɹd͡ʒɪt/

Definitions

  1. To coat with gypsum; to plaster, for example walls, or the interior of flues.
  2. To paint; to cover over.
    obsolete

Equivalents

Deutsch Verputzen
Français crépir
Nederlands gipsen

Examples

“parget the outside of their houses.”
“the pargeted ceiling with pendants”
“Closely allied to daubing was pargetting or rough-casting, the chief difference, so far as any real distinction was made in the technical use of the terms, being that in pargetting mortar or a coarse form of plaster was used instead of clay or loam.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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