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parging

Syllables: parg·ingUK/ˈpɑːd͡ʒɪŋ/US/ˈpɑɹd͡ʒɪŋ/

parging noun: a coat of cement mortar on the face of rough masonry, the earth side of foundation and basement walls; a parge. Also the present participle and gerund of parge.

parging: a coat of cement mortar on the face of rough masonry, the earth side of foundation and basement...
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Noun

parging (countable and uncountable, plural pargings)

  1. A coat of cement mortar on the face of rough masonry, the earth side of foundation and basement walls; a parge.
    • Although all of the mortar pargings were crazed, the effects of weathering were most apparent in the top pargings and in the top courses of the walls.1941, Cyrus C. Fishburn, Douglas E. Parsons, Perry H. Petersen, Effect of Outdoor Exposure on the Water Permeability of Masonry Walls (Building Materials and Structures Report; BMS 76), Washington...
    • Concrete to receive hot-applied dampproofing will not need a coat of parging unless the wall is honeycombed, pockmarked, or otherwise too rough for the dampproofing to properly cover.1989, H. Leslie Simmons, Repairing And Extending Weather Barriers, New York, N.Y.: Van Nostrand Reinhold, →ISBN, page 3839
  2. (broadly) Pargeting.

Also used as

parging is also the present participle and gerund of parge.

Examples of parging in a sentence

  • Parging is a single layer of mortar applied directly to the wall with a trowel so that it covers the entire surface.1991 July–August, Paul Briggs, “Mortars & Finishes”, in The Old-House Journal, volume XIX, number 4, page 37:
  • This parging will substantially increase the waterproofing of the wall.1998, Henry S. Harrison, Houses: The Illustrated Guide to Construction, Design and Systems, 3rd edition, Chicago, Ill.: Dearborn Real...
  • Parging (a thin coat of cement plaster) may or may not be present on foundation walls.2003, Carson Dunlop, Principles of Home Inspection: Exteriors, Chicago, Ill.: Dearborn Real Estate Education, →ISBN, page 107:
  • Use of plastic roofing cements, acrylic coatings, latex coatings, mortars and pargings to seal ICF [insulating concrete form] walls is permitted.2010, Thomas Hart, Residential Code of New York State, Washington, D.C.; Albany, N.Y.: International Code Council, Inc.; Division of Code...

Forms of parging

pluralpargings

Origin of parging

From parge + -ing.

Words that rhyme with parging

Questions about parging

What does parging mean?
Parging means a coat of cement mortar on the face of rough masonry, the earth side of foundation and basement walls; a parge.
How do you use parging in a sentence?
Parging is a single layer of mortar applied directly to the wall with a trowel so that it covers the entire surface.
What part of speech is parging?
Parging is a noun.
How do you pronounce parging?
Parging is pronounced /ˈpɑːd͡ʒɪŋ/ (UK).
What is the plural of parging?
The plural of parging is pargings.

Words near parging in the dictionary

  1. pargetters
  2. pargetting
  3. pargettings
  4. pargeverine
  5. pargework
  6. parging
  7. pargings
  8. pargo
  9. pargoes
  10. pargolol
  11. pargos

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