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Meaning of "wattle-and-daub" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WATTLE-AND-DAUB

wattle-and-daub  [ˈwɒtələnˈdɔːb] play
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WHAT DOES WATTLE-AND-DAUB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

wattle-and-daub

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 made of wattle and daub.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WATTLE-AND-DAUB


absorb
əbˈsɔːb
adsorb
ədˈsɔːb
bedaub
bɪˈdɔːb
chemisorb
ˌkɛmɪˈsɔːb
chemosorb
ˌkeməˈsɔːb
daub
dɔːb
desorb
dɪˈsɔːb
dorb
dɔːb
forb
fɔːb
Godthaab
ˈɡɔdhɔːb
inorb
ɪnˈɔːb
orb
ɔːb
preabsorb
ˌpriːəbˈzɔːb
reabsorb
ˌriːəbˈzɔːb
resorb
rɪˈsɔːb
sorb
sɔːb
warb
wɔːb

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WATTLE-AND-DAUB

watery
waterzooi
Watford
Watling Island
Watson
Watson-Watt
watt
watt-hour
wattage
Watteau
Watteau back
Wattenscheid
wattle
wattle and daub
wattlebark
wattlebird
wattled
wattless
wattlework
wattmeter

WORDS THAT END LIKE WATTLE-AND-DAUB

bathtub
book club
club
country club
cub
dub
fan club
golf club
grub
hot tub
hub
nightclub
on the club
pub
rub
scrub
stub
sub
tub
wattle and daub

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «wattle-and-daub» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WATTLE-AND-DAUB

Find out the translation of wattle-and-daub to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wattle-and-daub from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wattle-and-daub» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

肉垂和 - 涂抹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

zarzo y barro
570 millions of speakers

English

wattle-and-daub
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाली व लीपापोती
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اللغد ، و جصص
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

плетеные и - мазня
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pau-a -pique
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কঞ্চি-এবং-ময়লা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

clayonnage et torchis
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Wattle-and-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

목젖 앤 바르기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wattle-and-daub
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

keo - và - lem nhem
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வேலித்தட்டி மற்றும் உடைந்துபோன
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कचरा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dal-örgü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

canniccio e fango
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

witka - i - kicz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

плетені і - мазня
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nuiele - și - mânji
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μιμόζα - και - πασαλείβω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wattel - en - klei
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

wattle -and- daub
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tau - og - klatte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wattle-and-daub

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WATTLE-AND-DAUB»

The term «wattle-and-daub» is normally little used and occupies the 123.859 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WATTLE-AND-DAUB» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «wattle-and-daub» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «wattle-and-daub» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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.
1
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
2
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
3
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
4
The Good House Book: A Common-sense Guide to Alternative ...
The modern material we know as drywall is essentially a mass-produced version of traditional wattle and daub. Defining a "Good" Building Material Used Tires Used automobile tires. Modern Building Moterio s As you can see, many materials ...
Clarke Snell, 2004
5
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
6
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
7
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
8
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
9
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
10
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

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WATTLE-AND-DAUB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wattle-and-daub is used in the context of the following news items.
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Building a wattle-and-daub hut with your bare hands
Primitive Technology's handyman starts with a stone axe and a fire-stick, then painstakingly builds up a 2m^2 hut with a bed, fireplace, chimney and thatched ... «Boing Boing, Jun 15»
2
Jeff Howell: how can I stop my historic home leaking?
You say the original wattle-and-daub infill panels have been replaced with “plaster” – which most likely implies cement-based render – and that you apply ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 14»
3
In the Tenderloin National Forest
At the entrance to the forest was an impressive, handcrafted wrought-iron gate, about 15 feet high, and just inside was a small wattle-and-daub hut with a ... «London Review of Books, Apr 14»
4
In Search of Oxford
The medieval wattle-and-daub, timber-framed houses, one of which now houses Pret a Manger on Cornmarket in the central shopping district? Or the nearby ... «New York Times, Mar 14»
5
Stone Age show homes give glimpse into people who built …
They may lack most mod cons, but three homes being built in a field on Salisbury Plain are the ultimate in New Stone Age comfort. They boast wattle-and-daub ... «The Times, Apr 13»

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