ashlar

Definitions

1. Masonry employing flat and well-squared stone or brick, creating an appearance similar to wooden flooring.
   countable, uncountable
2. Stone hewn and finished to create such masonry, either completely or as a facade over an earthen or rubble core.
   countable, uncountable
3. A stone intended for hurling by means of a catapult or similar device.
   countable, historical, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The four main spans across the waterway are carried on ashlar piers founded on Memel timber piles.”

“Even as I babbled, Jock's massy frame filled the doorway, his ill-hewn ashlar head weaving from side to side, eyes blinking at the light⟳.”

“By the Augustan period, however, the old ashlar circuit with its earthen agger was beginning to be dismantled in some places.”

“The building, in a plain Tudor Gothic style, has a central door in chamfered ashlar surround⟳.”

“And from the choir itself, where the big hoist was working, came the shouts of the men sweating at the great wheel that swung the cut⟳ stones skyward, and the men high overhead on the hurdle-walks, waiting to receive⟳ the swinging ashlars and guide⟳ them into place⟳.”

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