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PRONUNCIATION OF WATTLE AND DAUB

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WATTLE AND DAUB

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WHAT DOES WATTLE AND DAUB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Wattle and daub

Wattle and daub is a composite building material used for making walls, in which a woven lattice of wooden strips called wattle is daubed with a sticky material usually made of some combination of wet soil, clay, sand, animal dung and straw. Wattle and daub has been used for at least 6000 years and is still an important construction material in many parts of the world. Many historic buildings include wattle and daub construction, and the technique is becoming popular again in more developed areas as a low-impact sustainable building technique.

Definition of wattle and daub in the English dictionary

The definition of wattle and daub in the dictionary is a form of wall construction consisting of interwoven twigs plastered with a mixture of clay, lime, water, and sometimes dung and chopped straw.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE WATTLE AND DAUB

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Synonyms and antonyms of wattle and daub in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «wattle and daub» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WATTLE AND DAUB

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Translator English - Chinese

篱笆和涂抹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bahareque
570 millions of speakers

English

wattle and daub
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाली और लीपापोती
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

و اللغد جصص
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мазанка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pau a pique
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাঁটা এবং ডাব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

torchis
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Wattle dan daub
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Flechtwerk und Lehm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

小舞壁
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

초벽
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wattle lan daub
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

keo và lem nhem
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Wattle மற்றும் டூப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कचरा आणि दांडा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Saz ve küp
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

canne e fango
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

witka i kicz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мазанка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

împletitură de nuiele și mânji
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μιμόζα και πασαλείβω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

latwerk en klei
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flätverk och daub
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tau og klatte
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WATTLE AND DAUB»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WATTLE AND DAUB» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wattle and daub

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WATTLE AND DAUB»

Discover the use of wattle and daub in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wattle and daub and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Wattle and Daub
In this book the author explains some of the mysteries surrounding wattle and daub and why it has stood the test of Lime. Book jacket.
Paula Sunshine, 2006
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Cahokia, the Great Native American Metropolis
Biloine W. Young, Melvin Leo Fowler. A wattle and daub house is one built from walls made of upright poles interlaced with vines or smaller sticks, called the " wattle." A mixture of mud mixed with straw and grass, called the "daub," is plastered ...
Biloine W. Young, Melvin Leo Fowler, 2000
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Traditional Buildings: A Global Survey of Structural Forms ...
It is due almost entirely to this lime-wash that so much wattle and daub still survives" in the UK (Singleton 1952, 77). Not only was wattle-and-daub construction common in the UK, it was used across France, Germany (Figure 6-3) , and Poland ...
Allen G. Noble, 2007
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The Natural Building Companion: A Comprehensive Guide to ...
Wattle and daub Wattle walls are some of the earliest wall forms used in forested areas of the world; as noted in chapter 1, many of the indigenous peoples of North America, and later European settlers, used wattle walls to construct their ...
Jacob Deva Racusin, Ace McArleton, 2012
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The Origins of the Civilization of Angkor volume 2: The ...
INTRODUCTION This chapter will explain the analytical steps taken to illuminate the techniques of building wattle and daub structures at Noen U-Loke. The first step taken will be to build a working classification system to enable the wattle ...
Charles Higham, 2007
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Clay: The History and Evolution of Humankind's Relationship ...
panels of plaster, so enticingly photographed for guidebooks, are also of wattle- and-daub construction. In England, wattle and daub is often associated with the Tudor period (1485—1603). In the United States faux wattle-and-daub mansions  ...
Suzanne Staubach, 2013
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History, Performance and Conservation
In terms of conservation, wattle and daub panels can be easily repaired if they have become damaged. This can be clearly seen in Figure 36.6 showing a demonstration panel of wattle and daub. Note the vertical “staves” through which the ...
Barry Bridgwood, Lindsay Lennie, 2013
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Materials and Skills for Historic Building Conservation
This book is the third in a series of volumes that combine conservation philosophy in the built environment with knowledge of traditional materials, and structural and constructional conservation techniques and technology: Understanding ...
Michael Forsyth, 2013
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Roman House in Britain
All of these wattle and daub walls were about 100 mm thick, exclusive of any plaster, timber or clay facing. The daub, which was well mixed and grass tempered, encased the wattle and was taken across the outside face of the timber frame, ...
Dominic Perring, 2013
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The Early Mesoamerican Village: UPDATED EDITION
In some regions, adobe lumps or bricks were used instead of field stones to provide the foundations for wattle-and-daub houses late in the Early Formative. However, not until Middle Formative times did the use of adobe brick for residences ...
Kent V Flannery, Jeremy A Sabloff, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WATTLE AND DAUB»

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Selfie sticks bard from Shakespeare's birthplace
"All of our houses are Tudor and made out of wattle and daub and very fragile,” said Alison Cole from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. "They're all quite small ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Town celebrates the official opening of Bancroft's Heart of the Park
It will house three different social enterprises: the Wattle and Daub Cafe, a rental facility providing a variety of recreational equipment and the Round Table ... «Bancroft This Week, Jun 15»
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Watch This Guy Build an Entire Hut From Scratch
Using only simple tools and materials found in the forest, he crafts an entire wattle and daub-style hut. The wooden structure stands 2 meters tall with walls that ... «Popular Mechanics, Jun 15»
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Video: How to Build a Long-term Survival Shelter with No Tools
By definition, a wattle and daub hut is not something that can be described as comfortable. The method for building these shelters goes back at least 6,000 years ... «OutdoorHub, Jun 15»
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This Bob, the builder constructs eco-homes
Kelkar now builds geodomes, karawi houses, cob constructions, earthbags, wattle and daub constructions — a skill he picked up at the university. "These ... «Daily News & Analysis, May 15»
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Campaign continues to restore Nurse Leila's house
“It is vital for the Trust to have the needed repairs carried out on Nurse Leila's historic home as this is the only wattle and daub home the Trust has in its portfolio ... «Cayman Compass, Feb 15»
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Making the Case for This Old (Very Old) House
You cannot move a clay wall without destroying it, and the wattle and daub in the front room is in perfect shape. The discovery of this earliest type of wall ... «The Vineyard Gazette - Martha's Vineyard News, Feb 15»
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How to Build a Low-Cost DIY Yurt from Sticks, String and Mud
My first attempt was a hybrid stud frame building with wattle and daub infill. It worked! The mud provided all the necessary stiffening without additional lumber, ... «Mother Earth News, Nov 14»
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Sustainable habitat in Colombia: building homes with plastic bottles
The inspiration came from the ancient “wattle and daub” housebuilding technique: the idea is to stack recycled bottles filled with sand and earth. The design ... «euronews, Oct 14»
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Neolithic houses built at Stonehenge - but not without modern tools
... in wattle and daub and thatch, over one of the wettest winters ever recorded, is a ... Inside the final coat of daub was applied with rags, giving a smooth almost ... «The Guardian, Jun 14»

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