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Main Entry: wattle and daub
Function: noun
Date: 1808
: a framework of woven rods and twigs covered and plastered with clay and used in building construction

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary

Now I wonder what that 1808 date means here in the online entry?

I assume it means the first recorded use of the expression. So what was the technique called before then?

Bingley


Bingley