colourwash
nounEtymology
From colour + wash.
- derived from *wed-✻
- inherited from *waskaną,*watskaną✻
- inherited from *waskan✻
- inherited from wascan
- inherited from wasshen,waschen,weschen
Definitions
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.
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