Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In architecture, stiff earth or clay, as used to form walls or floors, being rammed down until it becomes firm.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) A species of wall made of stiff earth or clay rammed in between molds which are carried up as the wall rises; -- called also
pisé work .
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- noun architecture A kind of
wall made ofstiff earth orclay rammed in betweenmoulds which are carried up as the wall rises.
Etymologies
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French pisé, from piser ("to stamp, pound").
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