Crossword clues for plasterwork
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Plasterwork \Plas"ter*work`\, n. Plastering used to finish architectural constructions, exterior or interior, especially that used for the lining of rooms. Ordinarly, mortar is used for the greater part of the work, and pure plaster of Paris for the moldings and ornaments.
Wiktionary
n. architectural work executed in plaster.
WordNet
n. a hardened surface of plaster (as on a wall or ceiling); "there were cracks in the plaster" [syn: plaster]
Wikipedia
Plasterwork refers to construction or ornamentation done with plaster, such as a layer of plaster on an interior or exterior wall structure, or plaster decorative moldings on ceilings or walls. This is also sometimes called pargeting. The process of creating plasterwork, called plastering or rendering, has been used in building construction for centuries. For the art history of three-dimensional plaster, see stucco.
Usage examples of "plasterwork".
Southgate Hall was filled with clean white plasterwork and pale marble.
In fact, although gilt was rubbed or flaked off from plasterwork here and there, and paint and wallpaper fading, the building appeared to be sound.
It still boasted the red figured wallpaper that had given it its name, and the red and white marble tiles of the floor, as well as a handsome white marble fireplace and wonderful plasterwork friezes near the ceiling.
The ceiling was high, intricate plasterwork curving and winding its way to the dome, which looked far more fragile and delicate than it actually was.
The ceiling was pale cream with delicate yet simple plasterwork, but it was the bed that was the true focal point.
Beautiful plasterwork, painted niches, massive doorways by which the downstairs rooms opened out of one another were all defaced, blistered or partially or even totally destroyed.
The ceiling, scorched and blackened though it was, still showed traces of elaborate plasterwork not to be matched even by the ornate ceilings down below, and the fireplace was a masterpiece of variously patterned marbles, ugly in its grandeur, but impressively conceived and executed.
The windows were large and domineering with intricate plasterwork giving a magisterial theme to the place.
It was eight feet by eight, with crumbling plasterwork from the encroaching waters of the nearby canal.
Her chamber was small but comfortably appointed, the asymmetrical plasterwork of the ceiling, higher than the room was wide, showing that it had been divided from a much more imposing chamber.
The ceilings were arched, and the details of the intricate plasterwork representations were obscured in all but a few cases.
Torches had been lit within the throne room, and Midnight could see that the finely crafted plasterwork on the otherwise bare walls spoke of many battles and paid homage to those who had died in the service of the dale.
Jacobean ceiling decorated with elaborate plasterwork, its tall leaded windows flanking the unique oriel window, and the carved fireplace of bleached oak.
Bill from the complex plasterwork of the ceiling plaque in the centre of their bedroom.
Lying on their backs, awake, under the green electric blanket, gazing up into the shadowy labyrinths of the plasterwork ceiling, their bodies separated by the width of their clinging hands, Bill and Janice finally talked.