Hypertext Webster Gateway: "plastering"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plaster \Plas"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plastered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Plastering}.] [Cf. OF. plastrer to plaster (in sense
2), F. pl[^a]trer.]
1. To cover with a plaster, as a wound or sore.
2. To overlay or cover with plaster, as the ceilings and
walls of a house.
3. Fig.: To smooth over; to cover or conceal the defects of;
to hide, as with a covering of plaster. --Bale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plastering \Plas"ter*ing\, n.
1. Same as {Plaster}, n., 2.
2. The act or process of overlaying with plaster.
3. A covering of plaster; plasterwork.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
plastering
n : the application of plaster [syn: {daubing}]
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