Definition of Skimcoat

1. Verb. Coat with a mixture of gypsum and spackle. "He skimcoated the drywall"

Category relationships: Masonry
Generic synonyms: Coat, Surface

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skimcoat

skim-milk
skim milk
skim milks
skim off
skim over
skimback
skimbacks
skimble-skamble
skimble-skamble stuff
skimboard
skimboarder
skimboarders
skimboarding
skimboards
skimcoat (current term)
skimelton
skimmable
skimmed
skimmed-milk
skimmed milk
skimmel
skimmer
skimmers
skimmia
skimmias
skimming
skimmingly
skimmings
skimmington

Literary usage of Skimcoat

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

1. The Architects' and Builders' Pocket-book: A Handbook for Architects by Frank Eugene Kidder, Thomas Nolan (1915)
"... second coat (when there are three coats) is called the brown coat, and the last coat is variously known as the slipped coat, skimcoat, or white coat. ..."

2. The Architects' and Builders' Handbook: Data for Architects, Structural by Frank Eugene Kidder (1921)
"... second coat (when there are three coats) is called the brown coat, and the last coat is variously known as the slipped coat, skimcoat, or white coat. ..."

3. Municipal Register of the City of Springfield by Springfield (Mass.), Springfield (Mass (1906)
"... who laid about 1060 square yards of coal tar concrete walk, at $0.68, and about 700 square yards of coal tar concrete, skimcoat, at $0.38. ..."

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