# daub

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɔːb/ · frequency rank #78,511

## Definitions
1. Excrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction.
2. A soft coating of mud, plaster, etc.
3. A crude or amateurish painting.

## Etymology
From Middle English daub (noun), from Middle English dauben (“to plaster or whitewash; cover with clay; bespatter”, verb), from Old Northern French dauber (“to whitewash; plaster”), of uncertain origin. Probably from Latin dealbāre (“to whiten thoroughly”), which would make it a doublet of dealbate.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/daub