What is "frescoes"

Fresco \Fres"co\, n.; pl. Frescoes or Frescos. [It., fr. fresco fresh; of German origin. See Fresh, a.]

1. A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade. [R.]
   --Prior.

2. (Fine Arts)

   1. The art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries.

   2. In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on plaster in any manner.

   3. A painting on plaster in either of senses a and b .

n. (plural of fresco English)

1. n. a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster

2. a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster

3. v. paint onto wet plaster on a wall

4. [also: frescoes (pl)]

See fresco