Definition of Pargeting

1. Noun. Plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys.

Exact synonyms: Parget, Pargetting
Generic synonyms: Plaster
Derivative terms: Parget

2. Noun. Ornamental plasterwork.
Exact synonyms: Pargetry, Pargetting
Generic synonyms: Plaster, Plasterwork
Derivative terms: Parget, Parget, Parget

3. Noun. Ornamental plastering.
Exact synonyms: Pargetting
Generic synonyms: Daubing, Plastering
Derivative terms: Parget, Parget

Definition of Pargeting

1. n. 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.

Definition of Pargeting

1. Noun. A form of decorative plasterwork used on exterior walls ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pargeting

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pargeting

parfocalizing
parfumier
parfumiers
pargana
parganas
pargasite
pargasites
parge coat
parged
parges
parget
pargeted
pargeter
pargeters
pargeting (current term)
pargetings
pargetry
pargets
pargetted
pargetting
parging
pargings
pargo
pargos
pargyline
pargyline hydrochloride
pargylines
parhelia
parheliacal

Literary usage of Pargeting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society by Essex Archaeological Society (1889)
"ON pargeting. By the Eev. ES CORBIE, MA (Read at the Annual Meeting at ... use of pargeting is confined to buildings constructed of wood, it is thus chiefly ..."

2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1886)
"... is an old gabled and overhanging house with carved Gothic corner-post at its angle; and on the upper surface some indications of pargeting. ..."

3. A Glossary of Liturgical and Ecclesiastical Terms by Frederick George Lee (1877)
"pargeting. — A term anciently used in several senses. Commonly it designated plain plastering on walls, but more frequently ornamental plasterwork, ..."

4. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1899)
"The exterior pargeting of the uppi story is clearly Tudor, and differs greatly from that ... The copii pargeting must be redone, and above all two miserable ..."

5. Building Superintendence: A Manual for Young Architects, Students, and by Theodore Minot Clark (1903)
"There is some danger that the pargeting may scale off and fall into the flue, dragging with it the mortar from the joints of the brickwork, so as to open a ..."

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