Definition of "pargetting" []

• Ornamental plasterwork (noun)
• Ornamental plastering (noun)
• Plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Fireclay tubes, rectangular or circular in transverse section, are largely used in place of the pargetting; although more expensive than the latter they have the advantage in point of cleanliness and durability."
• "The carved oak fronts of the houses and shops, done ingeniously with strange pargetting, and adorned with wondrous windows, are so adorably queer, with their stagey effects, that"
• "The latter clause shows that our great-grandmothers were quite _au fait_ with the nostrums of the present day, with "pargetting, painting, slicking, glazing, and renewing old rivelled faces.""