plasterworkn.

1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. v. 236 Pictures most artificially carued vpon the plaister-worke [L. in gypso] and timber.

1666 Let. Sept. in Conway Lett. (1992) v. 277 My walkes..were almost covered with the Ashes of Paper Linners, etc., and pieces of Ceiling and playster work blowne thither by the Tempest.

1683–90 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. (1920) 54 245 To Henrie Red for haire to plaister work.

1734 Builders' Dict. I. at Fret-Work Fret-Work..is principally practised in Roofs which are fretted over with Plaister-Work.

1797 J. Woodforde Diary 3 Nov. (1931) V. 77 My Back-Kitchen..almost all taken down of the Stud and Plaister Work.

1845 Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 4) 272 In the market-place at Newark is a wooden house with small figures and canopies over them in plaster-work.

1897 W. Millar Plastering i. 34 From 1750 to 1780 A. Wilton did some fine plaster work at Cambridge.

1959 M. S. Briggs Everyman's Conc. Encycl. Archit. 252 Apart from its normal function of providing a smooth external or internal surface for walls and ceilings, plasterwork has often reached a high level of artistic excellence.

1994 Theatrum Sept.–Oct. 5/1 The central crystal chandelier and the elaborate baroque plasterwork.

1909 Times 26 July 3/2 Mr. William Silver Frith, a sculptor and plaster worker.

1926 M. Jourdain Eng. Decorative Plasterwork of Renaissance i. 6 The names of the plasterworkers that have so far come down to us are English.

1994 Independent (Nexis) 1 Oct. 30 The moulds..were eagerly snapped up by ironfounders and plasterworkers.