daubable

English

Etymology

daub +‎ -able

Adjective

daubable (comparative more daubable, superlative most daubable)

1. (of a substance) Capable of being daubed, or painted onto a surface.
   • 2002, The Garden, volume 127, page 338:

     Surprises lie around every corner - from the topiary bull leaping over the wall (left), to the pyramid (right), made of old concrete blocks and covered in Peter's special mixture of daubable cement […]

   • 2006, Douglas K. Stuart, Exodus, page 643:

     Thus the whole mixture would be both fragrant and pourable/daubable.

2. (of a surface) Capable of being daubed or painted upon.
   • 1936, The National Geographic Magazine, volume 70, page 386:

     The Italian enthusiasm for racing leads enthusiasts to daub the names of their favorite competitors on walls, on houses, on anything daubable.

   • 1998, Arthur Black, Black by Popular Demand: More Wit and Whimsy, page 5:

     School gyms and washrooms, primarily — but also lifeboats, smokestacks, and other daubable features on the superstructure of a Liberian oil tanker I sailed on for one summer.