badigeon

Borrowed from French badigeon.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈdɪdʒən/

badigeon (countable and uncountable, plural badigeons)

1. (dated) A cement or paste (often made with plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors and builders to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface.

• “badigeon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• gabioned

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• IPA^(key): /ba.di.ʒɔ̃/

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badigeon m (plural badigeons)

1. distemper, badigeon

• badigeonnage
• badigeonner
• badigeonneur

• “badigeon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012