Meaning Of Screed

n.

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.

n.

A wooden straightedge used to lay across the plaster screed, as a limit for the thickness of the coat.

n.

A fragment; a portion; a shred.

n.

A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds.

n.

An harangue; a long tirade on any subject.