pebble dash
1pebble dash — [peb′əl dash΄] n. Chiefly Brit. a finish for outer walls in which pieces of crushed rock are set into an outer coat of stucco or cement: also pebbledash [peb′əl dash΄] n. pebble dash adj. pebble dashed …
2pebble dash — pebble dash, pebble dashed, adj. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar against which, while still wet, small pebbles have been thrown and pressed in. Cf. roughcast. [1900 05] * * * …
3pebble-dash — ► NOUN ▪ mortar with pebbles in it, used as a coating for external walls …
4pebble dash — noun : rock dash * * * pebble dash, pebble dashed, adj. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar against which, while still wet, small pebbles have been thrown and pressed in. Cf. roughcast. [1900 05] …
5pebble dash — 1. noun A coating of small pebbles sprayed on to soft plaster, used as decoration on exterior walls. 2. verb To apply pebble dash to a wall …
6pebble-dash — noun Brit. mortar with pebbles in it, used as a coating for external walls. Derivatives pebble dashed adjective …
7pebble dash — /ˈpɛbəl dæʃ/ (say pebuhl dash) noun a type of finish used on external walls, formed by throwing or pressing small stones into plaster while it is still plastic …
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9pebble — n. 1 a small smooth stone worn by the action of water. 2 a a type of colourless transparent rock crystal used for spectacles. b a lens of this. c (attrib.) colloq. (of a spectacle lens) very thick and convex. 3 an agate or other gem, esp. when… …
10plaster — plasterer, n. plasteriness, n. plasterlike, plastery, adj. /plas teuhr, plah steuhr/, n. 1. a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to… …
