plastering

3 definitions found

plastering - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To overlay or cover with plaster, as the ceilings and
        walls of a house.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Fig.: To smooth over; to cover or conceal the defects of;
        to hide, as with a covering of plaster. --Bale.
        [1913 Webster]

  Plastering \Plas"ter*ing\, n.
     1. Same as Plaster, n., 2.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The act or process of overlaying with plaster.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A covering of plaster; plasterwork.
        [1913 Webster]

plastering - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  plastering
      n 1: the application of plaster [syn: plastering, daubing]