clear-cole
(ˈklɪəkəʊl)
Also claire-cole.
[ad. F. claire colle clear glue or size.]
A preparation of size mixed with whiting or white-lead used as a first coating in house-painting; a coating of size to promote the adherence of gold-leaf in gilding. Hence clear-cole v., to apply clear-cole to.
| 1823 P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 417 Clearcole and Finish, which is the cheapest kind of painting. The whole is painted over with a preparation of whiting and size to form the ground. Over this a coat of oil-colour, prepared with lead, called the finish, is laid. 1874 Knight Dict. Mech. I. 563 In oil-gilding, a coat of clear-cole is laid on intermediate between the white stuff and the oil gold-size. 1842–76 Gwilt Archit. §2273 There is a process used by painters termed clear-coleing, which is executed with white lead ground in water, and mixed with size. |