wattle and daubnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌwɒt.əl ən ˈdɔːb/us/ˌwɑː.t̬əl ən ˈdɑːb/a mixture of sticks, earth, and clay, used in some parts of the world as a building material:
The walls of timber-framed houses were often made of wattle and daub.
[ before noun ] a wattle-and-daub hut
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Building materials
- adobe
- airbrick
- asbestos
- asphalt
- bitumen
- boarding
- flagstone
- flitch
- floorboard
- flooring
- hard core
- lacquer
- limestone
- putty
- razor wire
- reinforced concrete
- roofing
- rubble
- shingle
- siding
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