单词 | screeding |
释义 | screedingn. Plastering and (in later use) Building. 1. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [noun] > bricklaying and plastering > plastering > strip to guide in obtaining even surface > use of screeding1825 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 617 When the screeding is finished, compo is prepared in larger quantities and..the workmen spread it..over the wall in the space left between each pair of screeds. b. The action of levelling a layer of plaster, concrete, etc., using two or more guides and a straight edge. Also: the action of spreading a layer of concrete, etc., as part of a floor surface. Cf. screed v.1 3.Also with following adverb (in or off), forming nouns of action corresponding to phrasal verbs at screed v.1 ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > [noun] dressing1600 scaphage1610 vertilage1610 slighting1613 tew1644 screeding1854 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 205 Screeding, placing a long ruler on two screeds when sufficiently dry to bear its pressure, and drawing it gently over the second coat of plaster, for the purpose of removing the superfluous mortar, and thereby getting a level surface. 1881 Court of Appeals, Michael Nolan agst. Cordelia C. Whitney (N.Y. Court of Appeals) 31 The effect of screeding upon plastering is to make it plumb or straight. 1898 F. W. Macey Specif. in Detail 68 The mortar to be used in the screeding in of frames. 1956 R. L. Davies & D. J. Petty Building Elem. ix. 272 Screeding is carried out by the use of fine mix, generally one part of cement to three or four of sand. 1964 L. A. Ragsdale & E. A. Raynham Building Materials Pract. vi. 176 The initial screeding off should leave the granolithic just proud of its final level, in order to allow for compaction during trowelling. 2011 R. McConkey Compl. Guide to building Affordable Earth-sheltered Homes v. 137 Screeding brings the concrete to a level point. 2. A layer of plaster, concrete, or similar building material, which is spread level to form part of a wall, floor, or other surface; = screed n.1 4c. Also: the substance of such a layer. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [noun] > material for other specific purposes screen cloth1603 wadding1627 heading1650 fusive1678 graving stuff1702 pounce1728 railing1740 retarder1753 seating1790 shelving1817 bending1823 shafting1825 wedging1825 rubber sheet1842 facing1843 piston packing1857 sheathing1859 screeding1864 paint1875 sleeving1923 landfill1969 presoak1969 1864 Q. A. Gilmore Pract. Treat. Limes, Hydraul. Cements, & Mortars (Papers Pract. Engin. U.S. Engin. Dept. No. 9) vi. 215 [As] the scratch coat..is simply intended to form a good foundation for the screeding which follows, its thickness need not exceed one-quarter to three-eighths of an inch. 1875 A. Hammond Rudim. Pract. Bricklaying v. 77 The second [coat on walls is] the screeding, or floating, from its being brought to a level surface with the screeding rule and hand-float. 1936 Archit. Rev. 79 8 The floors are reinforced concrete slabs with two layers of cork separated by a layer of hard screeding. 1937 S. G. B. Stubbs Building Encycl. IV. 1241/2 Screeding. A cement and sand floating on a floor, laid in preparation for a subsequent paving or on a wall for wall tiling, is known as a screeding. Often it is called simply a screed, because it is brought up level by the use of screeds. 1985 Proc. Seminar Arabian Stud. 15 36 There is a floor of well cut paving slabs, laid on a gypsum plaster screeding. 2001 Contract Jrnl. (Nexis) 7 Feb. (Plant section) 26 Multiquip will exhibit its Magicscreed machine which enables one person to level concrete screeding. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1825 |
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