Daub

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Description

An adhesive or coating material consisting of rough mortar, Clay, Plaster, Grease, or Mud. It was used for chinking log cabins and for filling wattle (twig) roofs and walls.

Synonyms and Related Terms

dawb

Resources and Citations

  • Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996
  • Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
  • The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998

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