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Definition of Trowelled
1. trowel [v] - See also: trowel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trowelled
Literary usage of Trowelled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
""he principal varieties of stucco arc common, rough, trowelled and ... trowelled
stucco, the finishing coat of lis work, consists of three parts sand to two ..."
2. Workshop Receipts by Ernest Spon (1906)
"Bastard stucco is of three coats, the first is roughing in or rendering, the
second is floating, as in trowelled stucco ; but the finishing coat contains a ..."
3. Notes on Building Construction by Henry Fidler, Great Britain Dept. of Science and Art (1879)
"This should be treated as trowelled stucco ; first well hand-floating the ...
"This mixture, well hand-floated to a fair face, and then well trowelled, ..."
4. Notes on Building Construction: Arranged to Meet the Requirements of the by Henry Fidler, Great Britain Dept. of Science and Art (1889)
"This should be treated as trowelled stucco ; first well hand-floating the surface,
and then well trowelling. A very hard surface is then produced. ..."
5. Transactions by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1915)
"... finish with trowelled surface made with approved materials and workmanship.
... with trowelled surface; magnesium composition ^ tile; hardwood. ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"As the work is made good it must be well rubbed with the hand float, as in the
execution of trowelled stucco internally, to compress the material, ..."
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