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What (who) is SCREED - definition
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TERM
Screeder; Screed (tool); Concrete screed; Magnesite screed
![The wood pieces labeled "beveled nailing strips" act as ''screed rails'' in this installation of a ''screed coating'' on [[Hy-Rib]] brand wire lath](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hyrib metal lath truss.jpg?width=200 "The wood pieces labeled \"beveled nailing strips\" act as ''screed rails'' in this installation of a ''screed coating'' on [[Hy-Rib]] brand wire lath")
![United States Navy [[Seabee]]s use a ''screed'' (noun) to ''screed'' (verb) wet concrete. The form-work acts as ''screed rails''.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/US Navy 091022-N-2571C-042 Seabees use a long board to screed wet concrete.jpg?width=200 "United States Navy [[Seabee]]s use a ''screed'' (noun) to ''screed'' (verb) wet concrete. The form-work acts as ''screed rails''.")
Screed
·noun A fragment; a portion; a shred.
II. Screed ·noun An harangue; a long tirade on any subject.
III. Screed ·noun A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds.
IV. Screed ·noun A wooden straightedge used to lay across the plaster screed, as a limit for the thickness of the coat.
V. Screed ·noun A strip of plaster of the thickness proposed for the coat, applied to the wall at intervals of four or five feet, as a guide.
screed
¦ noun
1. a long speech or piece of writing, typically a tedious one.
2. a levelled layer of material (for example cement) applied to a floor or other surface.
a strip of plaster or other material placed on a surface as a guide to thickness.
Derivatives
screeding noun
Origin
ME (in sense 'fragment', then 'torn strip, tatter'): prob. a var. of shred.
screed
n.
[Scotch.]
1.
Rent, tear.
2.
Fragment, shred.
3.
Harangue, tirade.
Wikipedia
Screed
Screed has three meanings in building construction:
- A flat board (screed board, floating screed) or a purpose-made aluminium tool used to smooth and to "true" materials like concrete, stucco and plaster after they have been placed on a surface or to assist in flattening;
- A strip of plaster or wood applied to a surface to act as a guide for a screed tool (screed rail, screed strip, screed batten);
- The material itself which has been flattened with a screed (screed coat). In the UK, screed has also come to describe a thin, top layer of material (sand and cement, magnesite or calcium sulphate), poured in situ on top of the structural concrete or insulation, on top of which other finishing materials can be applied, or the structural material can be left bare to achieve a raw effect.
Examples of use of SCREED
1. The original was a campy, creepy 1'70s feminist screed.
2. The story is too complex to be labeled a liberal screed.
3. Sunstein Basic Books 252 pp., $26 But Sunstein has produced more than just a liberal screed.
4. Those hoping for an intemperate screed against Bush‘s policies, however, will be disappointed.
5. A stranger imposed a curse on him before signing a four–page screed, "Have a nice day.