pug and pine

noun

A form of wattle and daub used in the early colonization of South Australia, involving light vertical timbers driven into the ground, the gaps being stopped with a kneaded mixture of clay and grass.

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Meanings

nounpug and pine (uncountable)
  1. historicaluncountableA form of wattle and daub used in the early colonization of South Australia, involving light vertical timbers driven into the ground, the gaps being stopped with a kneaded mixture of clay and grass.
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