Architectural Styles / Vernacular wall infill
Wattle and daub
/ˈwɒt.əl ən dɔːb/noun
Old English watul, woven twigs, and Old French dauber, to plaster.
Definition
A wall-building method in which a lattice of woven wooden strips, the wattle, is coated with daub, a mix of wet clay, soil, sand, dung, and straw.
Fig. 64 — Wattle and daub: schematic studyNOT TO SCALE
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