pebble dash
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pebble dash — [peb′əl dash΄] n. Chiefly Brit. a finish for outer walls in which pieces of crushed rock are set into an outer coat of stucco or cement: also pebbledash [peb′əl dash΄] n. pebble dash adj. pebble dashed … English World dictionary
pebble dash — pebble dash, pebble dashed, adj. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar against which, while still wet, small pebbles have been thrown and pressed in. Cf. roughcast. [1900 05] * * * … Universalium
pebble-dash — ► NOUN ▪ mortar with pebbles in it, used as a coating for external walls … English terms dictionary
pebble dash — noun : rock dash * * * pebble dash, pebble dashed, adj. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar against which, while still wet, small pebbles have been thrown and pressed in. Cf. roughcast. [1900 05] … Useful english dictionary
pebble-dash — noun Brit. mortar with pebbles in it, used as a coating for external walls. Derivatives pebble dashed adjective … English new terms dictionary
pebble dash — /ˈpɛbəl dæʃ/ (say pebuhl dash) noun a type of finish used on external walls, formed by throwing or pressing small stones into plaster while it is still plastic …
pebble-dash — … Useful english dictionary
pebble — n. 1 a small smooth stone worn by the action of water. 2 a a type of colourless transparent rock crystal used for spectacles. b a lens of this. c (attrib.) colloq. (of a spectacle lens) very thick and convex. 3 an agate or other gem, esp. when… … Useful english dictionary
plaster — plasterer, n. plasteriness, n. plasterlike, plastery, adj. /plas teuhr, plah steuhr/, n. 1. a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to… … Universalium
spatter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. splash, sprinkle; besprinkle, bedraggle, bespatter; sully, soil. See uncleanness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. splash, spot, wet, soil, swash, sprinkle, scatter, stain, bespatter, splatter, dash, dot,… … English dictionary for students
