parget

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Pronunciation

• (GA) IPA: /ˈpɑɹdʒɪt/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈpɑːdʒɪt/

Verb

parget (pargets, present participle pargeting; past and past participle pargeted)

1. To coat with gypsum; to plaster, for example walls, or the interior of flues.

   • to parget the outside of their houses.

   • the pargeted ceiling with pendants

2. (obsolete) To paint; to cover over.

Translations

• French: crépir
• German: verputzen

Noun

parget

1. Gypsum.
   • 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, p.135:

     Blind parget cherubs watched from the high corners.

2. Plaster, as for lining the interior of flues, or for stuccowork.
3. (obsolete) Paint, especially for the face.

Translations

• French: gypse
• German: Verputz

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