Today the term is most often restricted to the rough plaster coating of exterior walls. Examples occur worldwide; stucco was applied to the temple walls of ancient Greece as early as 1400 BC.

• 如今此词多用来指外墙的粗糙硬膏表面。灰泥装饰在世界各地均很常见,在公元前1400年就被用在希腊神殿的墙壁上。