kiritai

1. (noun) space immediately outside the fence of a pā.

Haere rawa a Māhu, puta rawa atu ki waho o te pā, ki te kiritai rawa (JPS 1899:124). / Māhu went off, right out of the pā, to the open space outside the pallisading of the pā.

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2. (noun) epidermis, outer skin, skin cuticle, outer cellular layer of the skin, outer cellular layer of a cell.

He mea hanga te kiritai o te pūtau tipu ki te pūtauhuka (RP 2009:361). / The epidermis of a plant cell is made of cellulose.

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Synonyms: kiri tai

3. (noun) top coat (painting).

Ko tā te kiritai, he whakapūahoaho i ngā tae o te peita (RTA 2014:103). / The purpose of the topcoat is to make the colours of the paint clearer.

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