wattle and da(u)b

wattle and da(u)b
wattle and da(u)b
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  • wattle and dab — wattle and daub or (rare) wattle and dab noun Wattlework plastered with mud and used as a building material • • • Main Entry: ↑wattle * * * wattle and daub or wattle and dab, Especially British. a building material consisting of wattle plastered… …   Useful english dictionary

  • wattle and daub — ► NOUN ▪ a material formerly used in building walls, consisting of wattle covered with mud or clay …   English terms dictionary

  • Wattle and daub — This article is about the building material. For two pigs with this name, see Blart: The Boy Who Didn t Want to Save the World. Wattle and daub (or wattle and daub) is a building material used for making walls, in which a woven lattice of wooden… …   Wikipedia

  • Wattle, Wattle and Daub — A mat (wattle) of woven sticks and twigs used in walls and fences. When plastered with mud (daub), forming wattle and daub, often used in the walls of dwellings. Recent repairs to a modest 17th century farm labourer s house near here uncovered… …   Medieval glossary

  • wattle and daub — 1. Also, wattle and dab. a building technique employing wattles plastered with clay and mud. 2. a form of wall construction consisting of upright posts or stakes interwoven with twigs or tree branches and plastered with a mixture of clay and… …   Universalium

  • wattle and daub — noun Date: circa 1808 a framework of woven rods and twigs covered and plastered with clay and used in building construction • wattle and daub adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • wattle-and-daub — adjective see wattle and daub …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Wattle and Daub — 1) A combination of laths and clay used to infill panels in a timber framed building. (Kenyon, John R. Medieval Fortifications, 212) 2) Hurdlework of vertical stakes, interwoven with mixture of clay strengthened with straw, cow hair, etc., and… …   Medieval glossary

  • wattle and daub — building material that consists of wattle covered with mud or clay (sometimes contains lime, dung, straw) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • wattle and daub — noun a material formerly used in building walls, consisting of wattle covered with mud or clay …   English new terms dictionary

  • wattle and daub — a substance used in the past for building walls, consisting of wattle covered with clay …   English dictionary

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