albarium

noun

al·​bar·​i·​um

al-ˈber-ē-əm

plural -s

: a thin white stucco

Word History

Etymology

Latin, from neuter of albarius of the whitening of walls, from albus + -arius -ary

First Known Use

circa 1823, in the meaning defined above

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