barbotine

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noun

A soft clay used for moulding or decorating pottery

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Meanings

nounbarbotine (countable and uncountable, plural barbotines)

plural barbotines

  1. countableuncountableA soft clay used for moulding or decorating pottery
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    Mélange d'argille, de marnes et de sable delayé dans de l'eau, tourné, moulé, ou coulé. Clay mixture of marl and sand thinned in water, turned, moulded, or cast. Pâte liquéfiée utilisée pour le coulage en moule ou le collage des pièces entre elles. Thin paste used for casting in moulds or gluing pieces together.

    1991, Maryse Bottero, Barbotines de la Cote d’Azur, Glossary

Origin

  1. Frenchbarbotine
  2. Englishbarbotine

From French barbotine.

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