Definition of screed

• n. - A strip of plaster of the thickness proposed for the coat, applied to the wall at intervals of four or five feet, as a guide.
• n. - A wooden straightedge used to lay across the plaster screed, as a limit for the thickness of the coat.
• n. - A fragment; a portion; a shred.
• n. - A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds.
• n. - An harangue; a long tirade on any subject.