Plastering
['plɑːstərɪŋ] or ['plæstərɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plaster
(n.) Same as Plaster, n., 2.
(n.) The act or process of overlaying with plaster.
(n.) A covering of plaster; plasterwork.
Checked by Irving
Examples
- He attempted to obviate this by plastering himself from head to foot with mud, but this dried and fell off. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- One of the wig-making villains lathered my face for ten terrible minutes and finished by plastering a mass of suds into my mouth. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The plastering was about one-third gone from the ceiling. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Edited by Barton