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Wattle-and-daub definition

A building material consisting of interwoven rods and laths or twigs plastered with mud or clay, used especially in the construction of simple dwellings or as an infill between members of a timber-framed wall.
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A structure of interwoven branches and twigs plastered with mud, clay or dung, used in the construction of dwellings, especially as infill in a half-timbered wall.
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Alternative spelling of wattle and daub.
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Wattle-and-daub Sentence Examples

  • The usual habitation built both by Arabs and Nubas is the tukl, a conical-shaped hut made of stone, mud, wattle and daub or straw.

  • A large part of the population led a pastoral life, and at the time of Verantius's visit to Walachia in the early part of the 16th century, the towns and villages were built of wood and wattle and daub.

  • The west end had close studded, timber framing with wattle and daub infill.

  • After dinner we split into groups and we did wattle and daub and bread making and basket weaving.

  • The building dates to the early 18th century and has exposed wattle and daub.

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