finishing : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the final coat of paint
  finish coat.
  
• noun the final coating of plaster applied to walls and ceilings
  finish coat.
  
  • we can't paint until they put on the finishing coat

WordNet

• . (a) (Plastering) the final coat of plastering applied to walls and ceilings, usually white and rubbed smooth. (b) (Painting) The final coat of paint, usually differently mixed applied from the others.

Webster 1913

• a machine for pressing fabrics.

Webster 1913

• (Iron Working), the rolls of a train which receive the bar from roughing rolls, and reduce it to its finished shape.

Webster 1913