screed
/skriːd/noun
1
- a long speech or piece of writing, typically one regarded as tedious冗长的文章; 长篇演说。
2
- mass noun a levelled layer of material (e.g. cement) applied to a floor or other surface（地面或其他表面的）材料涂层（如水泥）。
2.1
- count noun a strip of plaster or other material placed on a surface as a guide to thickness抹灰靠尺（在表面上抹灰时用以确定厚度）。
词源
Middle English:probably a variant of the noun SHRED. The early sense was 'fragment cut from a main piece'， then 'torn strip， tatter'， whence (via the notion of a long roll or list) sense 1.