单词 | wattle and daub |
释义 | wattle and daub (once / 241211 pages) n WORD FAMILY wattle and daub USAGE EXAMPLESThe wattle and daub cottages nearly always got burned, and had to be rebuilt afterwards with much profanity. T. H. White, The Once and Future King(1958) Every house was roofed with thatch, and had walls of wattle and daub. Avi, Crispin: The Cross of Lead(2002) They were used to weave long weirs used to catch fish, and in the old wattle and daub buildings, he said. Washington Times(Jul 18, 2015) n building material consisting of interwoven rods and twigs covered with clay Hyper building material material used for constructing buildings |
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