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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.

Equivalents

Deutsch Verputzen
Français crépir
Latina dealbo
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.”

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