wattle and daub

noun

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

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Meanings

nounwattle and daub (uncountable)

alternative wattle-and-daub

  1. uncountableA 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

Translations

Danish lerklining
  • lerkliningbranches and twigs plastered with mud
Dutch leemvlechtwerk
  • leemvlechtwerkbranches and twigs plastered with mud
French clayonnage enduit de torchis
  • clayonnage enduit de torchisbranches and twigs plastered with mud
German Lehmflechtwerk
  • Lehmflechtwerkbranches and twigs plastered with mud
Norwegian Bokmål leirklining
  • leirkliningbranches and twigs plastered with mud
Polish szachulec
  • szachulecbranches and twigs plastered with mud
Portuguese pau a pique
  • pau a piquebranches and twigs plastered with mud
Spanish bahareque
  • baharequebranches and twigs plastered with mud
Swedish lerklining, lerputs
  • lerkliningbranches and twigs plastered with mud
  • lerputsbranches and twigs plastered with mud
Welsh bangorwaith a dwb, plethwaith a chlai
  • bangorwaith a dwbbranches and twigs plastered with mud
  • plethwaith a chlaibranches and twigs plastered with mud
Cite this entry
APA

wattle and daub. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wattle%20and%20daub

MLA

“wattle and daub.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wattle%20and%20daub. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wattle and daub,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wattle%20and%20daub.

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