单词 | replaster |
释义 | replasterv. transitive. To plaster (a wall, building, etc.) again.In quot. 1707 in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > clad or cover [verb (transitive)] > plaster > again replaster1707 1707 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Reflexions upon Politeness of Manners 224 Their false Complexion, which they still buy of the honest Maker, to replaster [Fr. replâtrer], as well as may be, the Cracks and Flaws in their beauty. 1828 J. Franklin Narr. Second Exped. Shores of Polar Seas ii. 72 The house was replastered with mud, all the rooms whitewashed and repainted. 1895 A. C. Wilson After Five Years in India 298 The house was replastered from top to bottom. 1940 Sci. Monthly Nov. 480/1 The little building..was reroofed, repointed, repainted and replastered. 1984 C. Blaise North Amer. Educ. 17 You pay two-fifty for a two-bedroom flat where the walls have been replastered and new fixtures hung. 2007 Daily Tel. 5 July 3/3 The homes..need to be re-plastered and re-floored and we will be short of labour to do that. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1707 |
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