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Spackle N. Amer.|ˈspæk(ə)l|
Also spackle.
[Cf. sparkle v.2 4 b and G. spachtel putty knife, mastic, filler.]
A proprietary name for a compound used to fill cracks in plaster and produce a smooth surface before decoration.
1928Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 7 Feb. 17/1 Spackle... A surfacing compound for filling imperfection so as to bring up to a smooth and level surface areas that are to be painted or decorated. Claims use since Aug. 1, 1927. 1951Home Painting, Wallpapering & Decorating ii. 34 You must be sure there is paint on the surface upon which you are going to put the spackle. 1971Black World Mar. 65/2 After he did that he mixed the spackle with water and spread it as evenly as he could over the crack. 1975Amer. Speech 1969 XLIV. 26 Spackle, n., a prepared paste that, when mixed with water, is used to repair cracks and holes in plaster or gypsum wallboard.
Hence as v. trans., to repair or fill with Spackle (see also quot. 1940); ˈspackling vbl. n.
1940R. Mayer Artist's Hand-bk. Materials & Techniques xii. 506 Spackling or Sparkling (probably from the German spachteln, to putty up). The rectifying of a defect in plaster or a mural painting by digging out the defective spot and filling it in with a plastic gesso, plaster of Paris, Keene's cement, or other similar material. 1941Pop. Science July 149 In addition to patching plaster, other prepared powders or so-called ‘spachtling [sic] compounds’ are sold for patching, filling, and smoothing purposes. 1971H. Smith View from Chivo vii. 69 Then he coated each wire with a spackling compound. 1971Black World Mar. 67/1 People who could watch for him if Death came suddenly sweeping through the crack in the kitchen wall that he hadn't spackled properly. 1980Redbook Oct. 58/3 She cooked better than I and it was a fact that I Spackled the walls better than she. |