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wattle and daub

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A building material consisting of interwoven rods and laths or twigs plastered with mud or clay, used especially in the construction of simple dwellings or as an infill between members of a timber-framed wall.

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  • noun A structure of interwoven branches and twigs plastered with mud, clay or dung, used in the construction of dwellings, especially as infill in a half-timbered wall

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun building material consisting of interwoven rods and twigs covered with clay

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wattle + and + daub

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