to plaster or roughcast a wall

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• Roughcast — is a coarse plaster surface used on outside walls that consists of lime and sometimes cement mixed with sand, small gravel, and often pebbles or shells. The materials are mixed into a slurry and are then thrown at the working surface with a… …   Wikipedia

• roughcast — I. transitive verb ( cast; casting) Date: circa 1501 1. to plaster (as a wall) with roughcast 2. to shape or form roughly II. noun Date: 1579 1. a rough model 2. a plaster of lime mixed with shells or pebbles used for covering buildings …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• roughcast — /ˈrʌfkast / (say rufkahst) noun 1. a coarse plaster mixed with gravel, shells, or the like, for outside surfaces, usually thrown against the wall. 2. a crudely formed pattern or model; a rough. –adjective 3. made of or covered with roughcast;… …  

• roughcast — n., adj., & v. n. plaster of lime and gravel, used on outside walls. adj. 1 (of a wall etc.) coated with roughcast. 2 (of a plan etc.) roughly formed, preliminary. v.tr. (past and past part. cast) 1 coat (a wall) with roughcast. 2 prepare (a plan …   Useful english dictionary

• roughcast — 1. noun a) A crude model. b) A rough surface finish, as of a plaster or stucco wall. Syn: pebbledash 2. verb a) To shape crudely. b) To apply a roughcast finish to a …   Wiktionary

• Plasterwork — refers to construction or ornamentation done with plaster, such as a layer of plaster on an interior wall or plaster decorative moldings on ceilings or walls. This is also sometimes called pargeting. The process of creating plasterwork, called… …   Wikipedia

• Pargeting — (or sometimes pargetting ) is a decorative plastering applied to building walls.Pargeting derives from the word parget , a Middle English term that is probably derived from the Old French pargeter / parjeter , to throw about, or porgeter , to… …   Wikipedia

• parget — v. & n. v.tr. (pargeted, pargeting) 1 plaster (a wall etc.) esp. with an ornamental pattern. 2 roughcast. n. 1 plaster applied in this way; ornamental plasterwork. 2 roughcast. Etymology: ME f. OF pargeter, parjeter f. par all over + jeter throw …   Useful english dictionary

• parget — I. transitive verb ( geted or getted; geting or getting) Etymology: Middle English pargetten, from Middle French parjeter, literally, to throw out, from par thoroughly (from Latin per ) + jeter to throw more at jet Date: 14th century to coat with …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Charles Voysey (architect) — Charles Francis Annesley Voysey Born 1857 Yorkshire, England Died 1941 Winchester, England Nationality English Awards RIBA Gold Medal, 1940 …   Wikipedia