Plastering - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Plastering :  (noun)

1: the application of plaster [syn: daubing]

Based on WordNet 2.0

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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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