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pargetting

pargetting is the alternative form of pargeting.

pargetting is the present participle and gerund of parget.

Meaning of pargeting

Noun

pargeting (countable and uncountable, plural pargetings)

  1. A form of decorative plasterwork used on exterior walls of buildings.
  2. (broadly) parging

Meaning of parget

Verb

parget (third-person singular simple present pargets, present participle pargeting or pargetting, simple past and past participle pargeted or pargetted)

  1. To coat with gypsum; to plaster, for example walls, or the interior of flues.
    • parget the outside of their houses.1634, T[homas] H[erbert], A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, […], London: […] William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, →OCLC
  2. (obsolete) To paint; to cover over.

See all 5 meanings of parget

Forms of pargetting

pluralpargettings

Questions about pargetting

What is pargetting the alternative form of?
Pargetting is the alternative form of pargeting.

Words near pargetting in the dictionary

  1. pargetry
  2. pargets
  3. pargetted
  4. pargetter
  5. pargetters
  6. pargetting
  7. pargettings
  8. pargeverine
  9. pargework
  10. parging
  11. pargings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pargetting (page history and authors); pargeting (page history and authors); parget (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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