1. The application of plaster
   "The plastering of the walls took several days to complete";
   - daubing

1. (masonry) coat with plaster
   "plaster the wall";
   - daub
    
2. Apply a heavy coat to
   "They plastered over the cracks in the ceiling";
   - plaster over, stick on
    
3. Cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on
   "The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters";
   - beplaster [archaic]
    
4. Affix conspicuously
   "She plastered warnings all over the wall"
    
5. Apply a plaster cast to
   "plaster the broken arm"
    
6. (medicine) dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
   "The doctor plastered the wound";
   - poultice

Derived forms: plasterings

Type of: affix, application, coat, coating, cover, covering, dress, stick on, surface

Encyclopedia: Plastering