Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. 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.
Wiktionary
- n. 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
WordNet 3.0
- n. building material consisting of interwoven rods and twigs covered with clay
Etymologies
- wattle + and + daub (Wiktionary)
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