stucco

Meanings

Noun

• A plaster that is used to coat (interior or) exterior walls, or used for mouldings.
• Work made of stucco; stuccowork.

Verb

• To coat or decorate with stucco.

Related

Similar words

• render, plaster

Origin

• Italian stucco from Old Italian stucco, from Langobardic stucki from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją ("stump, piece"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg- ("to shock, butt, impact"). Akin to German Stück ("piece"), Old Saxon stukki ("piece, fragment") and Old English stycce.