colourwash

noun

Etymology

From colour + wash.

  1. derived from *wed-
  2. inherited from *waskan
  3. inherited from wascan
  4. formed as colourwash — “colour + wash

Definitions

  1. A coloured distemper (paint)

    • Most of Axmouth's old houses, a mixture of colourwash and thatch, natural stone walls and tiled roofs, are grouped around the Church of St Michael with its handsome Norman doorway and medieval wall-paintings.
  2. To paint with a coloured distemper (paint).

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA