strike off

1. To use a straight wood or metal bar for removing material (from a newly plastered or mortared work or from a freshly laid concrete surface) which is in excess of that required to fill a form evenly or to level the surface.

2. The wood or metal bar used for this purpose.

3.See strike, 1.

Mentioned in

core
dry shake
dry topping
Jung, Carl
lute
Molding Tools
monolithic surface treatment
Mortar joint
plaster screed
Plowing
Pre-Lent
Rod
Screed
screed rail
screed strip
slice
STR
Straightedge
strike

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