Definition of "parget" []

• A mixture, such as plaster or roughcast, used to coat walls and line chimneys. (noun)
• Ornamental work in plaster. (noun)
• A cement mixture used to waterproof outer walls. (noun)
• To cover or adorn with parget. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Unto the parget [3] on their side the which did never meet."
• "Within their doors also, such as are of ability do oft make their floors and parget of fine alabaster burned, which they call plaster of Paris, whereof in some places we have great plenty, and that very profitable against the rage of fire."
• "The houses, _crépi_ or parget below and bamboo above, are mere band-boxes raised from the ground; the smaller perfectly imitated poultry-crates."